討論

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See also: 讨论

Chinese

ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand
ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry
 
to talk (about); to discuss; theory
to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)
 
trad. (討論)
simp. (讨论)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3 3/3
Initial () (6) (37) (37)
Final () (89) (55) (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division () I I I
Fanqie
Baxter thawX lwon lwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑuX/ /luən/ /luənH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑuX/ /luon/ /luonH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑuX/ /luən/ /luənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰawX/ /lwən/ /lwənH/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑuX/ /luən/ /luənH/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑuX/ /luən/ /luənH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑuX/ /luən/ /luənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tǎo lún lùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou2 leon4 leon6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tǎo lún lùn
Middle
Chinese
‹ thawX › ‹ lwon › ‹ lwonH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʰˁuʔ/ /*ˁu/ /*ˁu-s/
English examine; denounce discuss, examine discussion, discourse

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
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3
No. 12374 8649 8656
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰuːʔ/ /*ruːn/ /*ruːns/
Notes

Verb

討論

  1. to discuss; to talk over
    可以參與他們討論 [MSC, trad.]
    可以参与他们讨论 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ kěyǐ cānyù tāmen de tǎolùn.
    You can join in their discussion.
    他們詳細討論結果達成諒解 [MSC, trad.]
    他们详细讨论结果达成谅解 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen xiángxì tǎolùn le zhè jiàn shì, jiéguǒ dáchéng liàngjiě.
    They discussed the matter in detail, and finally came to an understanding.
    這個討論還是主持 [MSC, trad.]
    这个讨论还是主持 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhège tǎolùn háishì yóu nǐ lái zhǔchí.
    You had better host this discussion.
  2. (literary, of texts) to edit critically; to examine and rectify a text
  3. (literary) to study; to investigate; to research

Synonyms

  • (to discuss):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (討論):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 6
ろん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)(ろん) (tōron

  1. debate
  2. discussion

Synonyms

Verb

(とう)(ろん)する (tōron surusuru (stem (とう)(ろん) (tōron shi), past (とう)(ろん)した (tōron shita))

  1. to debate
  2. to discuss

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

討論 (toron) (hangeul 토론)

  1. hanja form? of 토론 (debate, controversy)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

討論

  1. chữ Hán form of thảo luận (to discuss).