泰斗

Chinese

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

Etymology

Short for 泰山北斗.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàidǒu

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàidǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄉㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taydoou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàidǒu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ dau²
  - Yale: taai dáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ dau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ deo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰäːi̯³³ tɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-tió
  - Tâi-lô: thài-tió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dioir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tio⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: thài-tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-táu
  - Tâi-lô: thài-táu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'dao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ taʊ⁵³/

Noun

泰斗

eminent scholar; famous musician; renowned artist
專業泰斗 / 专业泰斗 ― zhuānyè tàidǒu ― leading authority

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