塵埃落定

Chinese

		dust	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
trad. (塵埃落定)		塵埃	落	定
simp. (尘埃落定)		尘埃	落	定

Etymology

Compare the English phrase dust settle.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chén'āiluòdìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄞ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can⁴ oi¹ lok⁶ ding⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chén'āiluòdìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄞ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chén-ailuòdìng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-ai¹-lo⁴-ting⁴
    • Yale: chén-āi-lwò-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernailuohdinq
    • Palladius: чэньайлодин (čɛnʹajlodin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can⁴ oi¹ lok⁶ ding⁶
    • Yale: chàhn ōi lohk dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan⁴ oi¹ lok⁹ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen⁴ oi¹ log⁶ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ ɔːi̯⁵⁵ lɔːk̚² tɪŋ²²/

Idiom

塵埃落定

1. (of a matter) to be finalised; to get sorted out