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塗炭

塗炭

See also: 涂炭

Chinese

		to smear; daub	carbon; charcoal
trad. (塗炭)		塗	炭
simp. (涂炭)		涂	炭
Literally: “to be (mired) in mud and coal”.

Verb

塗炭

(archaic) to be in a difficult circumstance

Noun

塗炭

coal

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tútàn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ taan³
Min Nan (POJ): thô͘-thòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tútàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twutann
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ tʰa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ taan³
  - Yale: tòuh taan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ taan³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ tʰɑːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘-thòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thôo-thuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: to'tvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰuã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ¹³⁻²² tʰuã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²³⁻³³ tʰuã²¹/