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Chinese
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overflow; torrent-dash
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overflow; torrent-dash
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simp. and trad.
(滔滔)
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滔
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滔
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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滔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tāo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ thaw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ˁu/
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| English
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rushing water
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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滔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14731
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Phonetic
component
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舀
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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饕
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ʰuː/
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Adjective
滔滔
- (of water) torrential; surging
- (of talking) incessant
- (literary) grand; magnificent
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Adjective
滔滔 • (tōtō) ←たうたう (tautau)?†-tari (adnominal 滔滔とした (tōtō to shita) or 滔滔たる (tōtō taru), adverbial 滔滔と (tōtō to) or 滔滔として (tōtō to shite))
- torrential (of flowing water)
- voluble (of speech)
- flowing strongly in one direction (of a matter of the times)
Inflection
| Stem forms
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| Irrealis (未然形)
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滔滔たら |
たうたうたら |
tautautara
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| Continuative (連用形)
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滔滔と
滔滔たり |
たうたうと
たうたうたり |
tautauto
tautautari
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| Terminal (終止形)
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滔滔たり |
たうたうたり |
tautautari
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| Attributive (連体形)
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滔滔たる |
たうたうたる |
tautautaru
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| Realis (已然形)
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滔滔たれ |
たうたうたれ |
tautautare
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| Imperative (命令形)
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滔滔たれ |
たうたうたれ |
tautautare
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| Key constructions
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| Negative
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滔滔たらず |
たうたうたらず |
tautautarazu
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| Contrasting conjunction
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滔滔たれど |
たうたうたれど |
tautautaredo
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| Causal conjunction
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滔滔たれば |
たうたうたれば |
tautautareba
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| Conditional conjunction
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滔滔たらば |
たうたうたらば |
tautautaraba
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| Past tense (firsthand knowledge)
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滔滔たりき |
たうたうたりき |
tautautariki
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| Past tense (secondhand knowledge)
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滔滔たりけり |
たうたうたりけり |
tautautarikeri
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| Adverbial
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滔滔と |
たうたうと |
tautauto
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Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.
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References