橋躉

Chinese

		bridge	wholesale
trad. (橋躉)		橋	躉
simp. (桥趸)		桥	趸

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴ dan²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴ dan²
    • Yale: kìuh dán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴ dan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴ den²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹ tɐn³⁵/

Noun

橋躉

1. (Cantonese) bridge foundation
   • 1939, 香港新文字學會《廣州話新文字教程：讀本》, translation of 蕭乾《血肉築成的滇緬路》; quoted in, and English translation by, 2018, Lorraine Wong, "Threshold Nationhood" [1]

     好似「備勝橋」[SIC]落橋躉時，先先要築個堤壩將靴靴聲嘅江水攔住。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     好似「备胜桥」[SIC]落桥趸时，先先要筑个堤坝将靴靴声嘅江水拦住。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     hou² ci⁵ “bei⁶ sing¹ kiu⁴” [SIC] lok⁶ kiu⁴ dan² si⁴, sin¹ sin¹ jiu³ zuk¹ go³ tai⁴ baa³ zoeng¹ hoe^1-4 hoe^1-2 seng¹ ge³ gong¹ seoi² laan⁴ zyu⁶. [Jyutping]

     Just like the time when the foundation of Bridge Shengbei was being laid, a dam was built to stop the furious currents from rushing through.