滔天

Chinese

		overflow; torrent-dash	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (滔天)		滔	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāotiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāotiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: taotian
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: tāu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tautian
    • Palladius: таотянь (taotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou¹ tin¹
    • Yale: tōu tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Adjective

滔天

1. (of waves, water) billowing; huge
2. (of crime, disaster) severe; great; heinous

Derived terms

• 掃地滔天／扫地滔天
• 滔天之罪
• 滔天大禍／滔天大祸
• 滔天大罪 (tāotiāndàzuì)
• 禍亂滔天／祸乱滔天
• 罪惡滔天／罪恶滔天

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滔	天
とう Hyōgaiji	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

滔(とう)天(てん) • (tōten) 

1. being brimful to the heaven; being extremely strong of the momentum