堂皇

Chinese

(main) hall; large room emperor; surname
simp. and trad.
(堂皇)
堂 皇

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 堂 皇
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 唐 (101) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 徒郎切 胡光切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑŋ/ /ɦwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑŋ/ /ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑŋ/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/daŋ/ /ɦwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/dɑŋ/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/dɑŋ/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑŋ/ /ɣwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
táng huáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tong4 wong4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 堂 皇 皇
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
táng huáng huáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dang › ‹ hwang › ‹ hwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]ˁaŋ/ /*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/ /*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/
English hall yellow and white spotted sovereign

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 堂 皇
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11138 12696
Phonetic
component
尚 王
Rime
group
陽 陽
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
唐 黃
Old
Chinese
/*daːŋ/ /*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes 禮王制鄭注冕屬,
金文象羽冠,王聲
;或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文

Adjective

堂皇

  1. grand; stately; magnificent

Synonyms

Noun

堂皇

  1. large palace
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