沓沓

Chinese

Etymology 1

		again and again; many	again and again; many
simp. and trad. (沓沓)		沓	沓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàtà

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶ daap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàtà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàtà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-tʻa⁴
    • Yale: tà-tà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahtah
    • Palladius: тата (tata)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap⁶ daap⁶
    • Yale: daahp daahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹ daap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶ dab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚² taːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: dop dop

Rime
Character	沓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒合切
Baxter	dop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəp̚/
Li Rong	/dᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/dɒp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-rˤəp  m-rˤəp/

  (Zhengzhang): /*duːb  duːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	沓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tà
Middle Chinese	‹ dop ›
Old Chinese	/*m-rˁəp/
English	join, unite
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沓
Reading #	1/1
No.	1919
Phonetic component	沓
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	沓
Old Chinese	/*duːb/

Adjective

沓沓

1. (archaic) wordy; talkative; verbose
2. (archaic) quick; rapid

Etymology 2

		again and again; many	again and again; many
simp. and trad. (沓沓)		沓	沓
alternative forms		篤篤／笃笃

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ta̍uh-ta̍uh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍uh-ta̍uh
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍uh-ta̍uh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauqdauh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tauʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tauʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tauʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tauʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tauʔ⁴/

Adverb

沓沓

1. (Hokkien) continuously; constantly; always

   • 心肝常常失落平安，沓沓掛慮艱苦事 [Hokkien, trad.]
     心肝常常失落平安，沓沓挂虑艰苦事 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1964, 至好朋友就是耶穌 (What a Friend We Have in Jesus), in 《聖詩》

     Sim-koaⁿ siông-siông sit-lo̍h pêng-an, Ta̍uh-ta̍uh khòa-lū kan-khó͘ sū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     [Our] hearts often lose peace, constantly worrying about hardships [literal translation]
     O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear [original lyrics]

2. (Hokkien) placed after monosyllable adjectives to indicate a high intensity

Synonyms

• (continuously):

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• 一連 / 一连 (yīlián)
• 不斷 / 不断 (bùduàn)
• 先後 / 先后 (xiānhòu)
• 前後 / 前后 (qiánhòu)
• 勿斷 / 勿断 (⁸veq-doe) (Wu)
• 接連 / 接连 (jiēlián)
• 接連不斷 / 接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
• 直透 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 相繼 / 相继 (xiāngjì)
• 紛紛 / 纷纷 (fēnfēn)
• 絡繹 / 络绎 (luòyì) (literary)
• 連 / 连
• 連紲 / 连绁 (Hokkien)
• 連續 / 连续 (liánxù)
• 連連 / 连连 (liánlián)
• 陸續 / 陆续 (lùxù)
• 陸陸續續 / 陆陆续续 (lùlùxùxù)

 

Derived terms

• 𠕇沓
• 沓沓仔
• 洘沓
• 洘沓沓
• 𤲍沓沓
• 闊沓沓 / 阔沓沓