絕頂

See also: 絶頂 and 绝顶

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")
trad. (絕頂)		絕	頂
simp. (绝顶)		绝	顶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juédǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ ding²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-téng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juédǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuédǐng
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-ting³
    • Yale: jywé-dǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuediing
    • Palladius: цзюэдин (czjuedin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut⁶ ding²
    • Yale: jyuht díng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ ding²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ ding²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² tɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-téng
    • Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-tíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoaddeang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² tiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚²⁴⁻² tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² tiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² tiɪŋ⁴¹/

Noun

絕頂

1. mountain peak; mountaintop; summit

   • 孤城鐵甕四山圍，絕頂高秋坐落暉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孤城铁瓮四山围，绝顶高秋坐落晖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: (Can we date this quote?), Kong Shangren (孔尚任),《北固山看大江》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Gūchéng tiěwèng sì shān wéi, juédǐng gāoqiū zuò luò huī. [Pinyin]

     The lonely iron-clad town's girt by mountains high;
     Viewing autumn sunset, I sit on mountain crest.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (絕頂):

• → Japanese: 絶(ぜっ)頂(ちょう) (zetchō)
• → Korean: 절정(絕頂) (jeoljeong)

Adverb

絕頂

1. extremely; utterly