大慟

See also: 大恸

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	grief
trad. (大慟)		大	慟
simp. (大恸)		大	恸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàtòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàtòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàtòng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tʻung⁴
    • Yale: dà-tùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtonq
    • Palladius: датун (datun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/

Verb

大慟

1. (archaic) to start crying as the result of extreme sadness; to weep uncontrollably