貪泉

Chinese

		greedy	fountain; spring
trad. (貪泉)		貪	泉
simp. (贪泉)		贪	泉

Etymology

Named so because it was said that drinking water from the spring would make one greedy.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tānquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tānquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tancyuán
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻan¹-chʻüan²
    • Yale: Tān-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tanchyuan
    • Palladius: Таньцюань (Tanʹcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: tāam chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: thom dzjwen

Rime
Character	貪	泉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他含切	疾緣切
Baxter	thom	dzjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌm/	/d͡ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəm/	/d͡zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒm/	/d͡zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəm/	/d͡zwian/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀm/	/d͡ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/tʰɒm/	/d͡zĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰăm/	/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tān	quán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam1	cyun4

Proper noun

貪泉

1. a spring that once existed in present-day Guangzhou

   • 酌貪泉而覺爽，處涸轍以猶歡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     酌贪泉而觉爽，处涸辙以犹欢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 675, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》 (Tengwang Ge Xu)

     Zhuó Tānquán ér jué shuǎng, chù hézhé yǐ yóu huān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)