蹉跎

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Chinese

error; slip; miss
error; slip; miss; err
 
trad. (蹉跎)
simp. #(蹉跎)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (7)
Final () (94) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter tsha da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰɑ/ /dɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰɑ/ /dɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɑ/ /dɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰa/ /da/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰɑ/ /dɑ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰɑ/ /dɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰɑ/ /dʱɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cuō tuó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
co1 to4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 18008 12219
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰlaːl/ /*l'aːl/
Notes

Verb

蹉跎

  1. (literary) to slip and fall; to miss one's step
  2. (literary) to miss an opportunity
  3. (literary) to decline; to deteriorate; to degenerate
  4. (literary) to be frustrated; to be disheartened; to be disappointed
  5. to idle away the time; to waste time

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蹉跎):
  • Japanese: 蹉跎(さだ) (sada)