樹洞

Chinese

		tree	cave; hole
trad. (樹洞)		樹	洞
simp. (树洞)		树	洞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùdòng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁶ dung⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shùdòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shùdòng
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴-tung⁴
  - Yale: shù-dùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhdonq
  - Palladius: шудун (šudun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu⁶ dung⁶
  - Yale: syuh duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁶ dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu⁶ dung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²² tʊŋ²²/

Noun

樹洞

tree hollow
(neologism, figurative) a shoulder to cry on (where one's troubles will be told and listened to)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 樹洞 (“tree hollow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		樹洞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	樹洞
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	樹窿
Cantonese	Hong Kong	樹窿
Gan	Lichuan	樹洞
Hakka	Meixian	樹窿空
Southern Min	Leizhou	樹甕

Japanese

Kanji in this term
樹	洞
じゅ Grade: 6	どう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

樹(じゅ)洞(どう) • (judō)

tree hollow