塘坳

Chinese

		pond	a depression; cavity; hollow
simp. and trad. (塘坳)		塘	坳
anagram		坳塘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táng'ào, táng'āo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄠˋ, ㄊㄤˊ ㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ aau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táng'ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táng-ào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²-ao⁴
    • Yale: táng-àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngaw
    • Palladius: танъао (tanʺao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táng'āo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táng-ao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²-ao¹
    • Yale: táng-āu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngau
    • Palladius: танъао (tanʺao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ aau³
    • Yale: tòhng aau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ aau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ ao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ aːu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dang 'aew

Rime
Character	塘	坳
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	徒郎切	於交切
Baxter	dang	'aew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑŋ/	/ʔˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑŋ/	/ʔᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑŋ/	/ʔau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daŋ/	/ʔaɨw/
Li Rong	/dɑŋ/	/ʔau/
Wang Li	/dɑŋ/	/au/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑŋ/	/ʔau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táng	yāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tong4	aau1

Noun

塘坳

1. pond; pool; low area with water

   • 茅飛渡江灑江郊，高者掛罥長林梢，下者飄轉沉塘坳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     茅飞渡江洒江郊，高者挂罥长林梢，下者飘转沉塘坳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Du Fu (712–770), 茅屋為秋風所破歌

     Máo fēi dùjiāng sǎ jiāngjiāo, gāo zhě guàjuàn cháng línshāo, xià zhě piāozhuǎn chén táng'ào. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 甘塘坳 (Gāntáng'ào)