泰斗

Chinese

		Mount Tai	North Star
trad. (泰斗)		泰	斗
simp. ^#(泰斗)		泰	斗
Literally: “Mount Tai and the North Star”.

Etymology

Short for 泰山北斗 (tàishānběidǒu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàidǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄉㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ dau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-tió / thài-tó͘ / thài-táu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàidǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄉㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàidǒu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-tou³
  - Yale: tài-dǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taydoou
  - Palladius: тайдоу (tajdou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ dau²
  - Yale: taai dáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ dau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ deo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ tɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-tió
  - Tâi-lô: thài-tió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dioir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tio⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: thài-tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-táu
  - Tâi-lô: thài-táu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tau⁵³/

Noun

泰斗

eminent scholar, musician, artist, etc.; distinguished figure
專業泰斗／专业泰斗 ― zhuānyè tàidǒu ― leading authority

文壇泰斗／文坛泰斗 ― wéntán tàidǒu ― a prominent writer

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