塗炭

See also: 涂炭

Chinese

		to smear; daub	charcoal
trad. (塗炭)		塗	炭
simp. (涂炭)		涂	炭
Literally: “to be (mired) in mud and coal”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tútàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ taan³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thô͘-thòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tou⁵ tuan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tútàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tútàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: tú-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twutann
    • Palladius: тутань (tutanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ taan³
    • Yale: tòuh taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ tan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ tʰaːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘-thòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thôo-thuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: to'tvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰuã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ¹³⁻²² tʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰuã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tou⁵ tuan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thôu thuàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰũã²¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 塗炭

1. coal

Synonyms

• 煤炭 (méitàn)
• 煤 (méi)
• 石炭 (shítàn)
• 烏金／乌金 (wūjīn)

Verb

塗炭

1. (archaic) to be in a difficult circumstance

(deprecated template usage)