泰斗
Chinese
| Mount Tai | North Star | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (泰斗) | 泰 | 斗 | |
| simp. #(泰斗) | 泰 | 斗 | |
| Literally: “Mount Tai and the North Star”. | |||
Etymology
Short for 泰山北斗 (tàishānběidǒu).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): taai3 dau2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-tió / thài-tó͘ / thài-táu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tàidǒu
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄉㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tàidǒu
- Wade–Giles: tʻai4-tou3
- Yale: tài-dǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taydoou
- Palladius: тайдоу (tajdou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taai3 dau2
- Yale: taai dáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: taai3 dau2
- Guangdong Romanization: tai3 deo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːi̯³³ tɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-tió
- Tâi-lô: thài-tió
- Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dioir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tio⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-tó͘
- Tâi-lô: thài-tóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dor
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-táu
- Tâi-lô: thài-táu
- Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dao
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
泰斗