太阿

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
simp. and trad. (太阿)		太	阿
anagram		阿太

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tài'ē

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tài'ē
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tài-e
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-o¹
    • Yale: tài-ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taye
    • Palladius: тайэ (tajɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ o¹
    • Yale: taai ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ ɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

太阿

1. (literary) a sword
2. (literary) power; authority

Proper noun

太阿

1. Tai'e (the name of an ancient sword, referenced in the Records of the Grand Historian)

Derived terms

• 太阿倒持 (Tài'ē dàochí)

 

References

• 太阿 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh