塗炭
See also: 涂炭
Chinese
edit| to smear; daub | charcoal | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (塗炭) | 塗 | 炭 | |
| simp. (涂炭) | 涂 | 炭 | |
| Literally: “to be (mired) in mud and coal”. | |||
Etymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tútàn
- Wade–Giles: tʻu2-tʻan4
- Yale: tú-tàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twutann
- Palladius: тутань (tutanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu³⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou4 taan3
- Yale: tòuh taan
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou4 taan3
- Guangdong Romanization: tou4 tan3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯²¹ tʰaːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
edit塗炭
- (literary) mire and charcoal ashes; (figurative) filthy place
- 立於惡人之朝，與惡人言，如以朝衣朝冠坐於塗炭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Lì yú èrén zhī cháo, yǔ èrén yán, rú yǐ cháoyī cháo guān zuò yú tútàn. [Pinyin]
- To stand in a bad prince's court, or to speak with a bad man, would have been to him the same as to sit with his court robes and court cap amid mire and ashes.
立于恶人之朝，与恶人言，如以朝衣朝冠坐于涂炭。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, figurative) harrowing situation; extreme distress; great affliction
- 有夏昏德，民墜塗炭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Forged Old Text of the Book of Documents, circa 3rd – 4th century CE
- Yǒuxià hūndé, mín zhuì tútàn. [Pinyin]
- The sovereign of Xia had his virtue all-obscured, and the people were (as if they had fallen) amid mire and (burning) charcoal.
有夏昏德，民坠涂炭。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Verb
edit塗炭
- (literary) to be in a harrowing situation; to be in great distress
- (literary) to ravage or devastate such that one is in great distress
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Vietnamese: lầm than (calque)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): thô͘-thòaⁿ
- (Teochew, Peng'im): tou5 tuan3
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘-thòaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: thôo-thuànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: to'tvoax
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰuã⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰuã²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuã¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰuã²¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ¹³⁻²² tʰuã²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tou5 tuan3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thôu thuàⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰũã²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
Noun
edit塗炭
Synonyms
editDerived terms
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