棟樑

See also: 棟梁 and 栋梁

Chinese

		roof beam	beam of roof
trad. (棟樑/棟梁)		棟	樑/梁
simp. (栋梁)		栋	梁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung³ loeng⁴, dung⁶ loeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tòng-liông / tòng-liâng / tòng-niû / tiòng-liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngliáng
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-liang²
    • Yale: dùng-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqliang
    • Palladius: дунлян (dunljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung³ loeng⁴, dung⁶ loeng⁴
    • Yale: dung lèuhng, duhng lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung³ loeng⁴, dung⁶ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung³ lêng⁴, dung⁶ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³³ lœːŋ²¹/, /tʊŋ²² lœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng-liông
    • Tâi-lô: tòng-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dornglioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng-liâng
    • Tâi-lô: tòng-liâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dorngliaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liaŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng-niû
    • Tâi-lô: tòng-niû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dorngniuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ niũ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ niũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiòng-liông
    • Tâi-lô: tiòng-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diornglioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

棟樑

1. (architecture) ridgepole
2. (figurative) pillar; anchor; mainstay

Synonyms

• (mainstay):

• 人才 (réncái)
• 俊才 (jùncái)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 有天才的人 (yǒu tiāncái de rén)
• 材料 (cáiliào) (figurative)
• 菁英／精英 (jīngyīng) (elite)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "mainstay"):

• 庸才 (yōngcái)

 

Derived terms

• 國家棟樑／国家栋梁
• 大廈棟樑／大厦栋梁
• 棟樑之任／栋梁之任
• 棟樑之器／栋梁之器
• 棟樑之材／栋梁之材
• 棟樑之臣／栋梁之臣
• 棟樑材／栋梁材

 

See also

• 橫樑／横梁 (héngliáng)