坦蕩蕩

Chinese

		flat; open-hearted; level flat; open-hearted; level; smooth	a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute	a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute
trad. (坦蕩蕩)		坦	蕩	蕩
simp. (坦荡荡)		坦	荡	荡
ABB-type reduplication of 坦蕩 / 坦荡 (tǎndàng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎndàngdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˇ ㄉㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎndàngdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ ㄉㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎndàngdàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan³-tang⁴-tang⁴
    • Yale: tǎn-dàng-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taandanqdanq
    • Palladius: таньдандан (tanʹdandan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan² dong⁶ dong⁶
    • Yale: táan dohng dohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan² dong⁶ dong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan² dong⁶ dong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn³⁵ tɔːŋ²² tɔːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thán-tǒng-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: thán-tǒng-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²² tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thán-tōng-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: thán-tōng-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafndoxngdong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²/

Adjective

坦蕩蕩

1. magnanimous; satisfied and composed

   • 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.

   • 2003, “愛要坦蕩蕩”, performed by 蕭瀟:

     愛要坦蕩蕩　不要裝模作樣到天長 [MSC, trad.]
     爱要坦荡荡　不要装模作样到天长 [MSC, simp.]

     Ài yào tǎndàngdàng, bù yào zhuāngmózuòyàng dào tiāncháng [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)