典故

Chinese

		canon; dictionary	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
simp. and trad. (典故)		典	故

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎngù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din² gu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tián-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎngù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎngù
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-ku⁴
    • Yale: dyǎn-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanguh
    • Palladius: дяньгу (djanʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din² gu³
    • Yale: dín gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din² gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: din² gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn³⁵ kuː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tián-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tián-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diefnkox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/

Noun

典故

1. classical allusion

Synonyms

• 古事 (gǔshì) (literary)
• 古典 (gǔdiǎn)
• 舊典／旧典 (jiùdiǎn) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
典	故
てん Grade: 4	こ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) て​んこ [téꜜǹkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋko̞]

Noun

典(てん)故(こ) • (tenko) ^{←てんこ (tenko)?}

1. classical allusion