適當

See also: 适当 and 適当

Chinese

		to fit; to suit	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (適當)		適	當
simp. (适当)		适	当

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ dong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-tông / tit-tông / tit-tong
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siak-tòng / sek-tòng / sek-tong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴ dang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdàng
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tang⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdanq
    • Palladius: шидан (šidan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ dong³
    • Yale: sīk dong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ dong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ tɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-tông / tit-tông / tit-tong
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid` dong´ / did` dong´ / did` dong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ dong¹ / did⁵ dong¹ / did⁵ dong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² toŋ²⁴/, /tit̚² toŋ²⁴/, /tit̚² toŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• sṳt-tông - literary;
• tit-tông, tit-tong - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-tòng
    • Tâi-lô: siak-tòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakdoxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-tòng
    • Tâi-lô: sik-tòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekdoxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ tɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-tong
    • Tâi-lô: sik-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekdofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴ dang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek tàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ taŋ²¹³/

Adjective

適當

1. suitable; appropriate

Synonyms

• 一定 (yīdìng)
• 停當／停当 (tíngdàng)
• 允 (literary, or in compounds)
• 允當／允当 (yǔndàng) (literary)
• 剛好／刚好 (gānghǎo)
• 合宜 (héyí)
• 合手 (héshǒu)
• 合用 (héyòng) (literary or Min Nan)
• 合適／合适 (héshì)
• 啱 (ngaam¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 妥 (tuǒ)
• 妥善 (tuǒshàn)
• 妥帖 (tuǒtiē)
• 妥當／妥当
• 安帖 (āntiē)
• 定當／定当 (dìngdàng)
• 對勁／对劲 (duìjìn) (colloquial)
• 對路／对路 (duìlù) (colloquial)
• 對頭／对头
• 得宜 (déyí) (literary)
• 得當／得当 (dédàng)
• 得體／得体 (détǐ)
• 恰當／恰当 (qiàdàng)
• 拄仔好 (Hokkien)
• 拄好 (Hokkien)
• 的當／的当 (dídàng)
• 相宜 (xiāngyí)
• 相當／相当 (xiāngdāng)
• 耐 (literary)
• 貼切／贴切 (tiēqiè)
• 適合／适合 (shìhé)
• 適宜／适宜 (shìyí)
• 適用／适用 (shìyòng)
• 適量／适量 (shìliàng)
• 配合

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
適	當
てき Grade: 5	とう Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 適當 – see the following entry.

【適当てきとう】 [adjective] suitable; appropriate; fit [adjective] random, indiscriminate, as one will [adjective] half-arsed, lazy, slovenly [noun] suitability; appropriateness; fitness [noun] indiscrimination Alternative spelling テキトー

(This term, 適當, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
適	當

Noun

適當 • (jeokdang) (hangeul 적당)

1. Hanja form^? of 적당 (“suitability, appropriateness”).