泰山北斗

Chinese

		Mount Tai	North Star
trad. (泰山北斗)		泰山	北斗
simp. #(泰山北斗)		泰山	北斗
Literally: “Mount Tai and the North Star”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàishānběidǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ saan¹ bak¹ dau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàishānběidǒu [Phonetic: tàishānbéidǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàishanběidǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-shan¹-pei³-tou³
    • Yale: tài-shān-běi-dǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayshanbeeidoou
    • Palladius: тайшаньбэйдоу (tajšanʹbɛjdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ saan¹ bak¹ dau²
    • Yale: taai sāan bāk dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ saan¹ bak⁷ dau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ san¹ beg¹ deo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

泰山北斗

1. eminent and accomplished figure in a field

Synonyms

• (short) 泰斗 (tàidǒu)