妥當

See also: 妥当

Chinese

		secure; sound	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (妥當)		妥	當
simp. (妥当)		妥	当

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuǒdang, tuǒdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄉㄤ, ㄊㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁵ dong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thó-tong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-tòng / thò-tòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒdang
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒdång
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo³-tang⁵
    • Yale: twǒ-dang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoo.dang
    • Palladius: тодан (todan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d̥ɑŋ⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒdàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo³-tang⁴
    • Yale: twǒ-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoodanq
    • Palladius: тодан (todan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to⁵ dong³
    • Yale: tóh dong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁵ dong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁵ dong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː¹³ tɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-tong
    • Hakka Romanization System: to^ˋ dong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to³ dong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ toŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-tòng
    • Tâi-lô: thó-tòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toy'doxng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò-tòng
    • Tâi-lô: thò-tòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toirdoxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ¹¹/

Adjective

妥當

1. appropriate; proper

Synonyms

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• 一定 (yīdìng)
• 停當 / 停当 (tíngdàng)
• 允 (literary, or in compounds)
• 允當 / 允当 (yǔndàng) (literary)
• 剛好 / 刚好 (gānghǎo)
• 合宜 (héyí)
• 合手 (héshǒu)
• 合用 (héyòng) (literary or Min Nan)
• 合適 / 合适 (héshì)
• 啱 (ngaam¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 妥 (tuǒ)
• 妥善 (tuǒshàn)
• 妥實 / 妥实 (tuǒshí)
• 妥帖 (tuǒtiē)
• 安帖 (āntiē)
• 定當 / 定当 (dìngdàng)
• 對勁 / 对劲 (duìjìn) (colloquial)
• 對路 / 对路 (duìlù) (colloquial)
• 對頭 / 对头
• 得宜 (déyí) (literary)
• 得當 / 得当 (dédàng)
• 得體 / 得体 (détǐ)
• 恰當 / 恰当 (qiàdàng)
• 拄仔好 (Hokkien)
• 拄好 (Hokkien)
• 的當 / 的当 (dídàng)
• 相宜 (xiāngyí)
• 相當 / 相当 (xiāngdāng)
• 耐 (literary)
• 貼切 / 贴切 (tiēqiè)
• 適合 / 适合 (shìhé)
• 適宜 / 适宜 (shìyí)
• 適用 / 适用 (shìyòng)
• 適當 / 适当 (shìdàng)
• 適量 / 适量 (shìliàng)
• 配合

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妥當):

• → Japanese: 妥當(だとう) (datō)
• → Korean: 타당(妥當) (tadang)
• → Vietnamese: thoả đáng (妥當)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妥	當
だ Grade: S	とう Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 妥當 – see the following entry.

【妥当だとう】 [adjective] proper, right, appropriate, valid [noun] propriety

(This term, 妥當, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
妥	當

Noun

妥當 • (tadang) (hangeul 타당)

1. hanja form^? of 타당 (“Root of 타당하다 (tadanghada). Rarely used alone.”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
妥	當

Noun

妥當

1. chữ Hán form of thoả đáng (“fitting; proper; appropriate”).