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唐
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- 唐
- táng · Tang dynasty; Chinese
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tong4
Cantonese word readings for 唐. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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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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