頹唐

Chinese

		become bald; decadent	Tang dynasty (618–907)
trad. (頹唐)		頹	唐
simp. (颓唐)		颓	唐

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuítáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi⁴ tong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuítáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuéitáng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui²-tʻang²
    • Yale: twéi-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tweitarng
    • Palladius: туйтан (tujtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi⁴ tong⁴
    • Yale: tèuih tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey⁴ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu⁴ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dwoj dang

Rime
Character	頹	唐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	杜回切	徒郎切
Baxter	dwoj	dang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duʌi/	/dɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/duoi/	/dɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/duɒi/	/dɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwəj/	/daŋ/
Li Rong	/duᴀi/	/dɑŋ/
Wang Li	/duɒi/	/dɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuɑ̆i/	/dʱɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuí	táng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teoi4	tong4

Adjective

頹唐

1. dispirited; dejected; downcast

   • 他少年出外謀生，獨立支持，做了許多大事。哪知老境卻如此頹唐！ [MSC, trad.]
     他少年出外谋生，独立支持，做了许多大事。哪知老境却如此颓唐！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing),《背影》

     Tā shàonián chūwài móushēng, dúlì zhīchí, zuò le xǔduō dàshì. Nǎzhī lǎojìng què rúcǐ tuítáng! [Pinyin]

     He left home to seek a livelihood when young and did achieve quite a few things all on his own. To think that he should now be so downcast in old age!

Synonyms

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• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館 / 冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 喪氣 / 丧气
• 壓抑 / 压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡 / 寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱 / 幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱 / 悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡 / 悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶 / 愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶 / 忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮 / 惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱 / 忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶 / 憋闷
• 懊喪 / 懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱 / 抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶 / 沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉抑 (chényì)
• 沉鬱 / 沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪 / 沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極 / 消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣 / 灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶 / 烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷 / 神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶 / 苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰暗 / 阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 陰沉 / 阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹喪 / 颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢 / 颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶 / 郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱 / 郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂 / 郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡 / 郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈 / 龊嘈 (Hokkien)