坦蕩

See also: 坦荡

Chinese

		flat; open-hearted; level flat; open-hearted; level; smooth	a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute
trad. (坦蕩)		坦	蕩
simp. (坦荡)		坦	荡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎndàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˇ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan² dong⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thán-tǒng / thán-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎndàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎndàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan³-tang⁴
    • Yale: tǎn-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taandanq
    • Palladius: таньдан (tanʹdan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan² dong⁶
    • Yale: táan dohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan² dong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan² dong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn³⁵ tɔːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thán-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: thán-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thán-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: thán-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafndong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/

Adjective

坦蕩

1. broad and level (of roads, fields, plains, etc.)
2. magnanimous

   • 君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jūnzǐ tǎndàngdàng, xiǎorén cháng qīqī. [Pinyin]

     The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.