鼎足

Chinese

		ancient bronze cauldron; throne; (Min) wok	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (鼎足)		鼎	足

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǐngzú

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄗㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǐngzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǐngzú
  - Wade–Giles: ting³-tsu²
  - Yale: dǐng-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diingtzwu
  - Palladius: динцзу (dinczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡su³⁵/

Noun

鼎足

(literary) three legs of a tripod
(literary) three rival powers
(literary) triumvirate (of forces)

Adjective

鼎足

(literary, attributive) tripartite (of forces)

Derived terms

鼎足而三 (dǐngzú'érsān)

鼎足之勢／鼎足之势 (dǐngzú zhī shì)

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