滔天

Chinese

		overflow; torrent-dash	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (滔天)		滔	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāotiān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāotiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: taotian
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: tāu-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tautian
  - Palladius: таотянь (taotjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰjɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou¹ tin¹
  - Yale: tōu tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Adjective

滔天

(of waves, water) billowing; huge
(of crime, disaster) severe; great; heinous

Derived terms

滔天之罪
滔天大罪 (tāotiāndàzuì)
掃地滔天／扫地滔天

滔天大禍／滔天大祸
禍亂滔天／祸乱滔天
罪惡滔天／罪恶滔天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滔	天
とう Hyōgaiji	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [to̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

滔(とう)天(てん) • (tōten)

being brimful to the heaven; being extremely strong of the momentum

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