跌宕

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to tumble	dissipated; put off
simp. and trad. (跌宕)		跌	宕
alternative forms		跌蕩／跌荡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diēdàng, diédàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝ ㄉㄤˋ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dit³ dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diēdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diedàng
    • Wade–Giles: tieh¹-tang⁴
    • Yale: dyē-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diedanq
    • Palladius: дедан (dedan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diédàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diédàng
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²-tang⁴
    • Yale: dyé-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyedanq
    • Palladius: дедан (dedan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dit³ dong⁶
    • Yale: dit dohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁸ dong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: did³ dong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚³ tɔːŋ²²/

Adjective

跌宕

1. (literary, of a person) free and unconstrained; uninhibited
2. (of music) rhythmical; flowing rhythmically
3. (of writing) varied; full of twists and turns