塘
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Translingual
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Han character
塘 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土戈中口 (GILR), four-corner 40167, composition ⿰土唐)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 235, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5340
- Dae Jaweon: page 473, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 473, character 20
- Unihan data for U+5858
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aːŋ) : semantic 土 (“dirt”) + phonetic 唐 (OC *ɡl'aːŋ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tong4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): hong3
- (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): tong4
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): dǒ̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): dòng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6daon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: táng
- Wade–Giles: tʻang2
- Yale: táng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarng
- Palladius: тан (tan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: tong4
- Yale: tòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tong4
- Guangdong Romanization: tong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hong3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔŋ²²/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
- Jyutping++: tong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔŋ⁴²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòng
- Hakka Romanization System: tongˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tong2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǒ̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɔŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dòng
- Sinological IPA (key): /touŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- tông - literary;
- tn̂g/tôⁿ - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: deng5 / tang5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ̂ng / thâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɯŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
- deng5 - vernacular;
- tang5 - literary.
- Middle Chinese: dang
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*m.rˤaŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːŋ/
Definitions
塘
- pond (Classifier: 個／个; 眼 c)
- dike; embankment
- 河塘 ― hétáng ― river embankment
- 見一丈夫游之，以為有苦而欲死也，使弟子並流而拯之。數百步而出，被髮行歌而游於塘下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Jiàn yī zhàngfū yóu zhī, yǐwéi yǒu kǔ ér yù sǐ yě, shǐ dìzǐ bìng liú ér zhěng zhī. Shù bǎi bù ér chū, pīfà xínggē ér yóu yú táng xià.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
见一丈夫游之，以为有苦而欲死也，使弟子并流而拯之。数百步而出，被发行歌而游于塘下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- bathing pool
- pit-shaped thing
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, swimming) lap; length (distance equal to the length of a swimming pool) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
- (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Nanning Pinghua) unit of distance equivalent to 10 li
Synonyms
- (pond):
Dialectal synonyms of 池塘 (“pond”)
- (embankment):
- (bathing pool): 浴池 (yùchí)
Compounds
- 七里塘 (Qīlǐtáng)
- 上塘 (Shàngtáng)
- 九龍塘／九龙塘 (Jiǔlóngtáng)
- 南化塘 (Nánhuàtáng)
- 周塘 (Zhōutáng)
- 回塘
- 坳塘 (āotáng)
- 塘坳
- 塘堰 (tángyàn)
- 塘沽 (Tánggū)
- 塘沽新港
- 塘畈 (Tángfàn)
- 塘鱧／塘鳢 (tánglǐ)
- 塘鵝／塘鹅 (táng'é)
- 官塘 (Guāntáng)
- 官塘驛／官塘驿 (Guāntángyì)
- 巴塘 (Bātáng)
- 托木吾斯塘 (Tuōmù Wúsītáng)
- 提塘
- 新塘 (Xīntáng)
- 旺塘 (Wàngtáng)
- 橫塘／横塘
- 水塘 (shuǐtáng)
- 池塘 (chítáng)
- 泥塘 (nítáng)
- 海塘
- 潘塘 (Pāntáng)
- 火塘 (huǒtáng)
- 畢家塘／毕家塘 (Bìjiātáng)
- 瞿塘峽／瞿塘峡
- 竹塘 (Zhútáng)
- 羌塘 (Qiāngtáng)
- 胡家塘 (Hújiātáng)
- 英吾斯塘 (Yīngwúsītáng)
- 荷塘 (hétáng)
- 葦塘／苇塘 (wěitáng)
- 藕塘 (Ǒutáng)
- 蠣塘／蛎塘
- 西塘 (Xītáng)
- 訊塘／讯塘 (Xùntáng)
- 錢塘／钱塘 (Qiántáng)
- 錢塘江／钱塘江 (Qiántáng Jiāng)
- 錢塘潮／钱塘潮
- 陂塘
- 陽塘／阳塘 (Yángtáng)
- 雷塘
- 魚塘／鱼塘 (yútáng)
- 黃泥塘／黄泥塘 (Huángnítáng)
- 龍塘／龙塘 (Lóngtáng)
Japanese
Kanji
塘
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
塘 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
塘: Hán Nôm readings: đường, đàng