荼毒
Chinese
editSonchus oleraceus | poison; narcotics | ||
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trad. (荼毒) | 荼 | 毒 | |
simp. #(荼毒) | 荼 | 毒 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: túdú
- Wade–Giles: tʻu2-tu2
- Yale: tú-dú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twudwu
- Palladius: туду (tudu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu³⁵ tu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou4 duk6
- Yale: tòuh duhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou4 duk9
- Guangdong Romanization: tou4 dug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯²¹ tʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: du|zyae|drae dowk
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤra [d]ˤuk|m-[d]ˤuk-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*rlaː|ɦlja|l'aː l'uːɡ/
Verb
edit荼毒
- (literary) to torment; to inflict great suffering on
- 夏王滅德作威,以敷虐于爾萬方百姓,爾萬方百姓罹其兇害,弗忍荼毒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
- Xià wáng mièdé zuòwēi, yǐ fūnüè yú ěr wànfāng bǎixìng, ěr wànfāng bǎixìng lí qí xiōnghài, fú rěn túdú. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
夏王灭德作威,以敷虐于尔万方百姓,尔万方百姓罹其凶害,弗忍荼毒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]