倜儻

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See also: 倜傥

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (倜儻)
simp. (倜傥)
alternative forms 俶儻俶傥

Etymology

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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (6) (6)
Final () (127) (101)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter thek thangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰek̚/ /tʰɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰek̚/ /tʰɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛk̚/ /tʰɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛjk̚/ /tʰaŋX/
Li
Rong
/tʰek̚/ /tʰɑŋX/
Wang
Li
/tʰiek̚/ /tʰɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰiek̚/ /tʰɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ti tǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tik1 tong2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tǎng
Middle
Chinese
‹ thangX ›
Old
Chinese
/*tʰˁaŋʔ/
English easy-going, careless

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 17539 11127
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰɯːwɢ/ /*tʰaːŋʔ/

Adjective

倜儻

  1. (literary, ideophonic) unrestrained and elegant; unconventional and tasteful

Derived terms