掌舵

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	helm; rudder
trad. (掌舵)		掌	舵
simp. #(掌舵)		掌	舵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎngduò

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² to⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chióng-tǒ / chióng-tō / chiáng-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngduò
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngduò
    • Wade–Giles: chang³-to⁴
    • Yale: jǎng-dwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangduoh
    • Palladius: чжандо (čžando)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² to⁴
    • Yale: jéung tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-tǒ
    • Tâi-lô: tsióng-tǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tsióng-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáng-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngdoi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²²/

Noun

掌舵

1. helmsman; steersman

Verb

掌舵

1. to be at the helm; to operate the rudder; to take the tiller; to steer a boat

Synonyms

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 捍舵