滔滔

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Chinese

overflow; torrent-dash overflow; torrent-dash
simp. and trad.
(滔滔) 		滔 滔

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 滔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 土刀切
Baxter thaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰɑu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰɑu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰaw/
Li
Rong 		/tʰɑu/
Wang
Li 		/tʰɑu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tʰɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tou1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 滔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tāo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thaw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁu/
English rushing water

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 滔
Reading # 1/1
No. 14731
Phonetic
component 		舀
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		饕
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰuː/

Adjective

滔滔

  1. (of water) torrential; surging
  2. (of talking) incessant
  3. (literary) grand; magnificent

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滔 滔
とう
Hyōgai 		とう
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
滔々

Pronunciation

Adjective

滔(とう)滔(とう) • (tōtō) ←たうたう (tautau)?†-tari (adnominal 滔(とう)滔(とう)とした (tōtō to shita) or 滔(とう)滔(とう)たる (tōtō taru), adverbial 滔(とう)滔(とう)と (tōtō to) or 滔(とう)滔(とう)として (tōtō to shite))

  1. torrential (of flowing water)
  2. voluble (of speech)
  3. flowing strongly in one direction (of a matter of the times)

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "滔滔たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 滔滔たら たうたうたら tautautara
Continuative (連用形) 滔滔と
滔滔たり		 たうたうと
たうたうたり		 tautauto
tautautari
Terminal (終止形) 滔滔たり たうたうたり tautautari
Attributive (連体形) 滔滔たる たうたうたる tautautaru
Realis (已然形) 滔滔たれ たうたうたれ tautautare
Imperative (命令形) 滔滔たれ たうたうたれ tautautare
Key constructions
Negative 滔滔たらず たうたうたらず tautautarazu
Contrasting conjunction 滔滔たれど たうたうたれど tautautaredo
Causal conjunction 滔滔たれば たうたうたれば tautautareba
Conditional conjunction 滔滔たらば たうたうたらば tautautaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 滔滔たりき たうたうたりき tautautariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 滔滔たりけり たうたうたりけり tautautarikeri
Adverbial 滔滔と たうたうと tautauto
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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