跌宕

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Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to tumble	dissipated; put off
simp. and trad. (跌宕)		跌	宕
alternative forms		跌蕩／跌荡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diēdàng, diédàng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝㄉㄤˋ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dit³ dong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diēdàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝㄉㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diedàng
  - Wade–Giles: tieh¹-tang⁴
  - Yale: dyē-dàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diedanq
  - Palladius: дедан (dedan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diédàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diédàng
  - Wade–Giles: tieh²-tang⁴
  - Yale: dyé-dàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyedanq
  - Palladius: дедан (dedan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dit³ dong⁶
  - Yale: dit dohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁸ dong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: did³ dong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚³ tɔːŋ²²/

Adjective

跌宕

(literary, of a person) free and unconstrained; uninhibited
(of music) rhythmical; flowing rhythmically
(of writing) varied; full of twists and turns

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