妥當

See also: 妥当

Chinese

		secure; sound	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (妥當)		妥	當
simp. (妥当)		妥	当

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuǒdang, tuǒdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄉㄤ, ㄊㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁵ dong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thó-tong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-tòng / thò-tòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒdang
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒdång
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo³-tang⁵
    • Yale: twǒ-dang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoo.dang
    • Palladius: тодан (todan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d̥ɑŋ⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒdàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo³-tang⁴
    • Yale: twǒ-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoodanq
    • Palladius: тодан (todan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to⁵ dong³
    • Yale: tóh dong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁵ dong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁵ dong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː¹³ tɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-tong
    • Hakka Romanization System: to` dong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to³ dong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ toŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-tòng
    • Tâi-lô: thó-tòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toy'doxng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò-tòng
    • Tâi-lô: thò-tòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toirdoxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ¹¹/

Adjective

妥當

1. appropriate; proper

Synonyms

• 一定 (yīdìng)
• 停當／停当 (tíngdàng)
• 允 (literary, or in compounds)
• 允當／允当 (yǔndàng) (literary)
• 剛好／刚好 (gānghǎo)
• 合宜 (héyí)
• 合手 (héshǒu)
• 合用 (héyòng) (literary or Min Nan)
• 合適／合适 (héshì)
• 啱 (ngaam¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 妥 (tuǒ)
• 妥善 (tuǒshàn)
• 妥帖 (tuǒtiē)
• 安帖 (āntiē)
• 定當／定当 (dìngdàng)
• 對勁／对劲 (duìjìn) (colloquial)
• 對路／对路 (duìlù) (colloquial)
• 對頭／对头
• 得宜 (déyí) (literary)
• 得當／得当 (dédàng)
• 得體／得体 (détǐ)
• 恰當／恰当 (qiàdàng)
• 拄仔好 (Hokkien)
• 拄好 (Hokkien)
• 的當／的当 (dídàng)
• 相宜 (xiāngyí)
• 相當／相当 (xiāngdāng)
• 耐 (literary)
• 貼切／贴切 (tiēqiè)
• 適合／适合 (shìhé)
• 適宜／适宜 (shìyí)
• 適用／适用 (shìyòng)
• 適當／适当 (shìdàng)
• 適量／适量 (shìliàng)
• 配合

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妥當):

• → Japanese: 妥當(だとう) (datō)
• → Korean: 타당(妥當) (tadang)
• → Vietnamese: thoả đáng (妥當)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妥	當
だ Grade: S	とう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Adjective

妥(だ)當(とう) • (datō) -na (adnominal 妥(だ)當(とう)な (datō na), adverbial 妥(だ)當(とう)に (datō ni))

1. Kyūjitai form of 妥当: proper, right, appropriate, valid

Inflection

Inflection of 妥當

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	妥當だろ	だとうだろ	datō daro
Continuative (連用形)	妥當で	だとうで	datō de
Terminal (終止形)	妥當だ	だとうだ	datō da
Attributive (連体形)	妥當な	だとうな	datō na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	妥當なら	だとうなら	datō nara
Imperative (命令形)	妥當であれ	だとうであれ	datō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	妥當ではない 妥當じゃない	だとうではない だとうじゃない	datō de wa nai datō ja nai
Informal past	妥當だった	だとうだった	datō datta
Informal negative past	妥當ではなかった 妥當じゃなかった	だとうではなかった だとうじゃなかった	datō de wa nakatta datō ja nakatta
Formal	妥當です	だとうです	datō desu
Formal negative	妥當ではありません 妥當じゃありません	だとうではありません だとうじゃありません	datō de wa arimasen datō ja arimasen
Formal past	妥當でした	だとうでした	datō deshita
Formal negative past	妥當ではありませんでした 妥當じゃありませんでした	だとうではありませんでした だとうじゃありませんでした	datō de wa arimasen deshita datō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	妥當で	だとうで	datō de
Conditional	妥當なら（ば）	だとうなら（ば）	datō nara (ba)
Provisional	妥當だったら	だとうだったら	datō dattara
Volitional	妥當だろう	だとうだろう	datō darō
Adverbial	妥當に	だとうに	datō ni
Degree	妥當さ	だとうさ	datōsa

Noun

妥(だ)當(とう) • (datō) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 妥当: propriety

Korean

Hanja in this term
妥	當

Noun

妥當 • (tadang) (hangeul 타당)

1. Hanja form^? of 타당 (“Root of 타당하다 (tadanghada). Rarely used alone.”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
妥	當

Noun

妥當

1. chữ Hán form of thoả đáng (“fitting; proper; appropriate”).