太宗

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
trad. (太宗)		太	宗
simp. #(太宗)		太	宗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàizōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ zung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-chong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàizōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàizong
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-tsung¹
    • Yale: Tài-dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taytzong
    • Palladius: Тайцзун (Tajczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ zung¹
    • Yale: taai jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-chong
    • Tâi-lô: Thài-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taezofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH tsowng

Rime
Character	太	宗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	冬 (5)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	他蓋切	作冬切
Baxter	thajH	tsowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡suoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡suoŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡soŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰajH/	/t͡sawŋ/
Li Rong	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡soŋ/
Wang Li	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡suoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡suoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	zōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai3	zung1

Proper noun

太宗

1. A temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese emperors, or Korean monarchs, usually the second one in a dynasty.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太宗):

• → Korean: 태종(太宗) (taejong)
• → Vietnamese: Thái Tông (太宗)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳᡯ᠊ᡠ᠊ᠩ (taidz-u-ng)

Korean

Hanja in this term
太	宗

Proper noun

太宗 • (Taejong) (hangeul 태종)

1. hanja form^? of 태종 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese emperors, or Korean monarchs”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	宗

Proper noun

太宗

1. chữ Hán form of Thái Tông (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese emperors, or Korean monarchs”).