事端

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
simp. and trad. (事端)		事	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ dyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-toan / sū-toan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhduan
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tuan¹
    • Yale: shr̀-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhduan
    • Palladius: шидуань (šiduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ dyun¹
    • Yale: sih dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² tyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-toan
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-tuan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² tuan³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-toan
    • Tâi-lô: sū-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxdoafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ tuan⁴⁴/

Noun

事端

1. disturbance; incident; trouble

Synonyms

• 口舌 (kǒushé)
• 是非 (shìfēi)
• 爭端／争端 (zhēngduān)
• 糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn)
• 糾葛／纠葛 (jiūgé)
• 紛爭／纷争 (fēnzhēng)
• 釁端／衅端 (xìnduān) (literary)