坦蕩蕩
Chinese
flat; open-hearted; level flat; open-hearted; level; smooth |
a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute |
a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (坦蕩蕩) | 坦 | 蕩 | 蕩 | |
| simp. (坦荡荡) | 坦 | 荡 | 荡 | |
| ABB-type reduplication of 坦蕩 / 坦荡 (tǎndàng). | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): taan2 dong6 dong6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thán-tǒng-tǒng / thán-tōng-tōng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tǎndàngdàng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ ㄉㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǎndàngdàng
- Wade–Giles: tʻan3-tang4-tang4
- Yale: tǎn-dàng-dàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taandanqdanq
- Palladius: таньдандан (tanʹdandan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taan2 dong6 dong6
- Yale: táan dohng dohng
- Cantonese Pinyin: taan2 dong6 dong6
- Guangdong Romanization: tan2 dong6 dong6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːn³⁵ tɔːŋ²² tɔːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thán-tǒng-tǒng
- Tâi-lô: thán-tǒng-tǒng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²² tɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thán-tōng-tōng
- Tâi-lô: thán-tōng-tōng
- Phofsit Daibuun: tafndoxngdong
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Adjective
坦蕩蕩
- magnanimous; satisfied and composed
- 君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jūnzǐ tǎndàngdàng, xiǎorén cháng qīqī. [Pinyin]
- The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]- 2003, “愛要坦蕩蕩”, performed by 蕭瀟: