妥當

See also: 妥当

Chinese

		secure; sound	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (妥當)		妥	當
simp. (妥当)		妥	当

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuǒdang, tuǒdàng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄉㄤ, ㄊㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁵ dong³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thó-tong
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-tòng / thò-tòng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒdang
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄉㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒdång
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo³-tang⁵
  - Yale: twǒ-dang
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoo.dang
  - Palladius: тодан (todan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d̥ɑŋ⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒdàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒdàng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo³-tang⁴
  - Yale: twǒ-dàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoodanq
  - Palladius: тодан (todan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: to⁵ dong³
  - Yale: tóh dong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to⁵ dong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: to⁵ dong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː¹³ tɔːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-tong
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˋ dong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to³ dong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ toŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-tòng
  - Tâi-lô: thó-tòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toy'doxng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò-tòng
  - Tâi-lô: thò-tòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toirdoxng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ¹¹/

Adjective

妥當

appropriate; proper

Synonyms

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一定 (yīdìng)
停當／停当 (tíngdàng)
允 (literary, or in compounds)
允當／允当 (yǔndàng) (literary)
剛好／刚好 (gānghǎo)
合宜 (héyí)
合手 (héshǒu)
合用 (héyòng) (literary or Min Nan)
合適／合适 (héshì)
啱 (ngaam¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
妥 (tuǒ)
妥善 (tuǒshàn)
妥實／妥实 (tuǒshí)
妥帖 (tuǒtiē)
安帖 (āntiē)
定當／定当 (dìngdàng)
對勁／对劲 (duìjìn) (colloquial)
對路／对路 (duìlù) (colloquial)
對頭／对头
得宜 (déyí) (literary)
得當／得当 (dédàng)
得體／得体 (détǐ)
恰當／恰当 (qiàdàng)
拄仔好 (Hokkien)
拄好 (Hokkien)
的當／的当 (dídàng)
相宜 (xiāngyí)
相當／相当 (xiāngdāng)
耐 (literary)
貼切／贴切 (tiēqiè)
適合／适合 (shìhé)
適宜／适宜 (shìyí)
適用／适用 (shìyòng)
適當／适当 (shìdàng)
適量／适量 (shìliàng)
配合

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妥當):

→ Japanese: 妥當(だとう) (datō)
→ Korean: 타당(妥當) (tadang)
→ Vietnamese: thoả đáng (妥當)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妥	當
だ Grade: S	とう Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 妥當 – see the following entry.

【妥当だとう】

[adjective] proper, right, appropriate, valid

[noun] propriety

(This term, 妥當, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
妥	當

Noun

妥當 • (tadang) (hangeul 타당)

hanja form^? of 타당 (“Root of 타당하다 (tadanghada). Rarely used alone.”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
妥	當

Noun

妥當

chữ Hán form of thoả đáng (“fitting; proper; appropriate”).