顛末

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Chinese

		inverted; jolt; top	end; final stage; latter part
trad. (顛末)		顛	末
simp. (颠末)		颠	末

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diānmò

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢㄇㄛˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diānmò
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dianmò
  - Wade–Giles: tien¹-mo⁴
  - Yale: dyān-mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianmoh
  - Palladius: дяньмо (djanʹmo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: ten mat

Rime
Character	顛	末
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	都年切	莫撥切
Baxter	ten	mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ten/	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ten/	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛn/	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛn/	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/ten/	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/tien/	/muɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tien/	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diān	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din¹	mut⁶

Noun

顛末

(literary) the full story; whole process from beginning to end
- 因書其顛末如右，均紀實也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  因书其颠末如右，均纪实也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1899, the final sentence of 《巴黎茶花女遺事》, a classical translation of La Dame aux camélias (1848) by Lin Shu
  Yīn shū qí diānmò rú yòu, jūn jìshí yě.
  So I wrote down the whole story as above, with no falsehood at all.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顛	末
てん Hyōgai	まつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
顚末 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 頂(いただき) (itadaki, “summit”) and 末(すえ) (sue, “end”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てんまつ (Heiban – )
(Tokyo) てんまつ (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

顛(てん)末(まつ) • (tenmatsu)

the full story; the entire progress of an event

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