端莊

Chinese

		end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular	farm; village
trad. (端莊)		端	莊
simp. (端庄)		端	庄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duānzhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢ ㄓㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun¹ zong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toan-chong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duānzhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢ ㄓㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duanjhuang
    • Wade–Giles: tuan¹-chuang¹
    • Yale: dwān-jwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanjuang
    • Palladius: дуаньчжуан (duanʹčžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun¹ zong¹
    • Yale: dyūn jōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn¹ dzong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün¹ zong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toan-chong
    • Tâi-lô: tuan-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doanzofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan³³ t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Adjective

端莊

1. elegant; refined; dignified

   儀表端莊／仪表端庄  ―  yíbiǎo duānzhuāng  ―  to have a dignified appearance

   • 葉赫那拉氏，品貌賢淑端莊。著冊封為皇后。 [MSC, trad.]
     叶赫那拉氏，品貌贤淑端庄。著册封为皇后。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Yèhènàlā shì, pǐnmào xiánshū duānzhuāng. Zhù cèfēng wèi huánghòu. [Pinyin]

     Lady Yehenala, virtuous and elegant your looks are. You shall be entitled as empress consort.

Related terms

• 端正 (duānzhèng)
• 莊重／庄重 (zhuāngzhòng)