棟樑

See also: 棟梁 and 栋梁

Chinese

		roof beam	beam of roof
trad. (棟樑/棟梁)		棟	樑/梁
simp. (栋梁)		栋	梁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngliáng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung³ loeng⁴, dung⁶ loeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tòng-liông / tòng-liâng / tòng-niû / tiòng-liông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngliáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngliáng
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-liang²
  - Yale: dùng-lyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqliang
  - Palladius: дунлян (dunljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    棟梁
    棟樑／栋梁
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung³ loeng⁴, dung⁶ loeng⁴
  - Yale: dung lèuhng, duhng lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung³ loeng⁴, dung⁶ loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung³ lêng⁴, dung⁶ lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³³ lœːŋ²¹/, /tʊŋ²² lœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng-liông
  - Tâi-lô: tòng-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dornglioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng-liâng
  - Tâi-lô: tòng-liâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dorngliaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liaŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng-niû
  - Tâi-lô: tòng-niû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dorngniuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ niũ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ niũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiòng-liông
  - Tâi-lô: tiòng-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diornglioong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

棟樑

(architecture) ridgepole
(figurative) pillar; anchor; mainstay

Synonyms

(mainstay):

人才 (réncái)
俊才 (jùncái)
天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
有天才的人 (yǒu tiāncái de rén)
材料 (cáiliào) (figurative)
菁英／精英 (jīngyīng) (elite)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “mainstay”):

庸才 (yōngcái)

Derived terms

國家棟樑／国家栋梁
大廈棟樑／大厦栋梁
棟樑之任／栋梁之任
棟樑之器／栋梁之器
棟樑之材／栋梁之材
棟樑之臣／栋梁之臣
棟樑材／栋梁材