唐捐

Chinese

		Tang dynasty (618-907)	to contribute; to donate; tax to contribute; to donate; tax; to abandon
trad. (唐捐)		唐	捐
simp. ^#(唐捐)		唐	捐

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tángjuān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ gyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tángjuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tángjyuan
  - Wade–Giles: tʻang²-chüan¹
  - Yale: táng-jywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngjiuan
  - Palladius: танцзюань (tanczjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕɥɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tong⁴ gyun¹
  - Yale: tòhng gyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ gyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ gün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ kyːn⁵⁵/

Verb

唐捐

to be wasted
- 若有眾生，恭敬禮拜觀世音菩薩，福不唐捐。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  若有众生，恭敬礼拜观世音菩萨，福不唐捐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《妙法蓮華經·觀世音菩薩普門品》
  Ruò yǒu zhòngshēng, gōngjìng lǐbài guānshìyīnpúsà, fú bù tángjuān. [Pinyin]
  If the living beings reverently worship Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, their efforts will not be wasted.
- 成功不必在我，而功力必不唐捐。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
  From: 1932, 胡適 (Hu Shih), 〈贈與今年的大學畢業生〉
  Chénggōng bù bì zài wǒ, ér gōnglì bì bù tángjuān. [Pinyin]
  I do not have to be the one who succeeds; yet my effort will be not wasted.

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