限度

Chinese

		limit; bound	capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad. (限度)		限	度

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàndù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁶ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): han-thu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǎn-tō͘ / hān-tō͘ / ān-tō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàndù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàndù
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-tu⁴
    • Yale: syàn-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannduh
    • Palladius: сяньду (sjanʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: haahn douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁶ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: han⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²² tou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: han-thu
    • Hakka Romanization System: han tu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: han⁴ tu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /han⁵⁵ tʰu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎn-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hǎn-tōo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han²² tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hān-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hān-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxndo
    • IPA (Taipei): /han³³⁻¹¹ tɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²²⁻²¹ tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han³³⁻²¹ tɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ān-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ān-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: axndo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an²²⁻²¹ tɔ²²/

Noun

限度

1. limit; limitation

Synonyms

• 底線／底线 (dǐxiàn) (figurative)
• 界限 (jièxiàn) (figurative)
• 節限／节限 (jiéxiàn) (literary)
• 限 (xiàn) (formal, or in compounds)
• 限制 (xiànzhì)
• 雷池 (léichí) (figurative)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
限	度
げん Grade: 5	ど Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

限 (げん, gen: “limit”) + 度 (ど, do: “degree”)

Noun

限(げん)度(ど) • (gendo) 

1. A capacity of limitation; a limit, a limitation.
   • 2008, 責任限度額を超える手荷物に対する追加保険, Continental Airlines, Inc., web (ja) web (en),

     航空会社(こうくうがいしゃ)の責任(せきにん)限度(げんど)を超(こ)える手荷物(てにもつ)は、チェックイン時毎回申告(じまいかいしんこく)し、追加保険料(ついかほけんりょう)をかけていただく必要(ひつよう)があります。

     Kōkūgaisha no sekinin gendo o koeru tenimotsu wa, chekkuinji maikai shinkoku shi, tsuika hokenryō o kakete itadaku hitsuyō ga arimasu.

     You must re-declare and pay the applicable charges each time you check your excess valuation baggage.

   そのホームページではクレジットカードの限度(げんど)額(がく)について、様々(さまざま)な情報(じょうほう)を紹介(しょうかい)しています。

   Sono hōmupēji de wa kurejittokādo no gendogaku ni tsuite, samazama na jōhō o shōkai shite imasu.

   The website presents various information on credit limits.

   彼(かれ)の横柄(おうへい)な態度(たいど)は、私(わたし)の我慢(がまん)の限度(げんど)を超(こ)える。

   Kare no ōhei na taido wa, watashi no gaman no gendo o koeru.

   His haughty contempt exceeds the limit of my patience.