泰斗

Chinese

		Mount Tai	North Star
trad. (泰斗)		泰	斗
simp. #(泰斗)		泰	斗
Literally: “Mount Tai and the North Star”.

Etymology

Short for 泰山北斗 (tàishānběidǒu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàidǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄉㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ dau²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-tió / thài-tó͘ / thài-táu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàidǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄉㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàidǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-tou³
    • Yale: tài-dǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taydoou
    • Palladius: тайдоу (tajdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ dau²
    • Yale: taai dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ dau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ deo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ tɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-tió
    • Tâi-lô: thài-tió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: thài-tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-táu
    • Tâi-lô: thài-táu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tau⁵³/

Noun

泰斗

1. eminent scholar, musician, artist, etc.; distinguished figure

   專業泰斗／专业泰斗  ―  zhuānyè tàidǒu  ―  leading authority

   文壇泰斗／文坛泰斗  ―  wéntán tàidǒu  ―  a prominent writer