禍端

Chinese

		disaster	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (禍端)		禍	端
simp. (祸端)		祸	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁶ dyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fo-tôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō-toan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòduan
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-tuan¹
    • Yale: hwò-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohduan
    • Palladius: ходуань (xoduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁶ dyun¹
    • Yale: woh dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁶ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁶ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²² tyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fo-tôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo don´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo⁴ don¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fo⁵⁵ ton²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō-toan
    • Tâi-lô: hō-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoixdoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁴¹⁻²² tuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho²²⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³⁻¹¹ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/

Noun

禍端

1. (literary) the root or beginning of a trouble or disaster