顛末

Chinese

		inverted; jolt; top	end; final stage; latter part
trad. (顛末)		顛	末
simp. (颠末)		颠	末

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diānmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ ㄇㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diānmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dianmò
    • Wade–Giles: tien¹-mo⁴
    • Yale: dyān-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianmoh
    • Palladius: дяньмо (djanʹmo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ten mat

Rime
Character	顛	末
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	都年切	莫撥切
Baxter	ten	mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ten/	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ten/	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛn/	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛn/	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/ten/	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/tien/	/muɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tien/	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diān	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din1	mut6

Noun

顛末

1. (literary) the full story; whole process from beginning to end

   • 因書其顛末如右，均紀實也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     因书其颠末如右，均纪实也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1899, the final sentence of 《巴黎茶花女遺事》, a classical translation of La Dame aux camélias (1848) by Lin Shu

     Yīn shū qí diānmò rú yòu, jūn jìshí yě. [Pinyin]

     So I wrote down the whole story as above, with no falsehood at all.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顛	末
てん Hyōgai	まつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
顚末 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 頂(いただき) (itadaki, “summit”) and 末(すえ) (sue, “end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mːa̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

顛(てん)末(まつ) • (tenmatsu) 

1. the full story; the entire progress of an event