唐
Meanings · tong4
- (noun) 1. Chinese surname; (in Chinese history) Tang dynasty; (adjective) Chinese-;
Meanings · tong4
- to exaggerate
- empty
- in vain
- old variant of 螗
- Chinese
- the tang dynasty
- a surname
- a kind of plum
- abrupt
- rude
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 唐 Táng CC-CEDICT · MandarinTang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang
- 唐 táng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto exaggerate; empty; in vain; old variant of 螗 táng
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: tang2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 21 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tong4
Cantonese word readings for 唐. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (literary) to boast; to talk big; to exaggerate
- (literary) to offend; to be abrupt
- (literary) vast; boundless; magnificent
- (literary) empty; void; hollow
- (literary) in vain; to no avail; for nothing
- (archaic) paved path (inside a courtyard or leading to the main hall)
- (archaic) Cheng Tang (成湯), the first king and founder of the Shang Dynasty
- (history) Tao Tang (陶唐), a legendary ancient Chinese state ruled by Emperor Yao
- (history) Name of several ancient states in Zhou Dynasty: — A state located in present-day Shanxi, ruled by the descendants of Yao, later annexed by King Cheng of Zhou.
- (history) Name of several ancient states in Zhou Dynasty: — The fiefdom of Tang Shuyu (brother of King Cheng) in present-day Shanxi, later renamed to Jin (晉).
- (history) Name of several ancient states in Zhou Dynasty: — A state located in present-day Suizhou, Hubei, later annexed by Chu.
- (history) The Tang Dynasty (618–907), founded by the Li (李) family
- (history) Later Tang (923–937), one of the Five Dynasties
- (history) Southern Tang (937–976), one of the Ten Kingdoms
- (figurative) China; Chinese
- 50th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "vastness, emptiness, pointlessness" (𝌷)
- (～縣) Tang county (a county of Baoding, Hebei, China)
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- Used in transcription.
character · Etymology 3
- (Internet slang, derogatory) stupid; absurd; idiotic; retarded
- (Internet slang, derogatory) to act stupidly; to screw up completely; to be a lost cause
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