滔滔
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[edit]overflow; torrent-dash | overflow; torrent-dash | ||
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simp. and trad. (滔滔) |
滔 | 滔 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ ㄊㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: taotao
- Wade–Giles: tʻao1-tʻao1
- Yale: tāu-tāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tautau
- Palladius: таотао (taotao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou1 tou1
- Yale: tōu tōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou1 tou1
- Guangdong Romanization: tou1 tou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: thaw thaw
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤu l̥ˤu/
- (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰuː l̥ʰuː/
Adjective
[edit]滔滔
- (of water) torrential; surging
- (of talking) incessant
- (literary) grand; magnificent
Derived terms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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滔 | 滔 |
とう Hyōgai |
とう Hyōgai |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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滔々 |
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]滔滔 • (tōtō) ←たうたう (tautau)?†-tari (adnominal 滔滔とした (tōtō to shita) or 滔滔たる (tōtō taru), adverbial 滔滔と (tōtō to) or 滔滔として (tōtō to shite))
- torrential (of flowing water)
- voluble (of speech)
- flowing strongly in one direction (of a matter of the times)
Inflection
[edit]Stem forms | ||||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 滔滔たら | たうたうたら | tautautara | |
Continuative (連用形) | 滔滔と[1] 滔滔たり[2] |
たうたうと たうたうたり |
tautauto tautautari | |
Terminal (終止形) | 滔滔たり | たうたうたり | tautautari | |
Attributive (連体形) | 滔滔たる | たうたうたる | tautautaru | |
Realis (已然形) | 滔滔たれ | たうたうたれ | tautautare | |
Imperative (命令形) | 滔滔たれ | たうたうたれ | tautautare | |
Key constructions | ||||
Negative | 滔滔たらず | たうたうたらず | tautautarazu | |
Contrasting conjunction | 滔滔たれど | たうたうたれど | tautautaredo | |
Causal conjunction | 滔滔たれば | たうたうたれば | tautautareba | |
Conditional conjunction | 滔滔たらば | たうたうたらば | tautautaraba | |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 滔滔たりき | たうたうたりき | tautautariki | |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 滔滔たりけり | たうたうたりけり | tautautarikeri | |
Adverbial | 滔滔と | たうたうと | tautauto | |
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. |
References
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