頂真

Chinese

Etymology 1

		go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")	real; true; genuine
trad. (頂真/頂眞)		頂	真/眞
simp. (顶真)		顶	真

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐngzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding² zan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): téng-chin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐngzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐngjhen
    • Wade–Giles: ting³-chên¹
    • Yale: dǐng-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diingjen
    • Palladius: динчжэнь (dinčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding² zan¹
    • Yale: díng jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding² dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding² zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng-chin
    • Tâi-lô: tíng-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defngcyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin⁴⁴/

Adjective

頂真

1. (dialectal) conscientious; serious

Etymology 2

		go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")	real; true; genuine
trad. (頂真/頂眞)		頂	真/眞
simp. (顶真)		顶	真
alternative forms		頂針／顶针

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐngzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding² zan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐngzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐngjhen
    • Wade–Giles: ting³-chên¹
    • Yale: dǐng-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diingjen
    • Palladius: динчжэнь (dinčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding² zan¹
    • Yale: díng jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding² dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding² zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

頂真

Examples
知止而后有定，定而后能靜，靜而后能安，安而后能慮，慮而后能得。 (The Great Learning) 昭明有融，高朗令終。令終有俶，公尸嘉告。其告維何？籩豆靜嘉。朋友攸攝，攝以威儀。威儀孔時，君子有孝子。孝子不匱，永錫爾類。 (The Book of Poetry)

1. (rhetoric) anadiplosis

References

• “Entry #8074”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.