"典故" meaning in Chinese

See 典故 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tiːn³⁵ kuː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /tiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ¹¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /tiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/, /tiːn³⁵ kuː³³/, /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/, /tiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/, /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/, /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ¹¹/, /tiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: diǎngù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], din² gu³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tián-kò͘, diǎngù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], diǎngù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tien³-ku⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dyǎn-gù [Mandarin, Yale, standard], deanguh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], дяньгу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], djanʹgu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dín gu [Cantonese, Yale], din² gu³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], din² gu³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tián-kò͘ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tián-kòo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], diefnkox [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 典故
  1. classical allusion Synonyms: 古事 (gǔshì) [literary], 古典 (gǔdiǎn), 舊典 (jiùdiǎn) [literary], 旧典 (jiùdiǎn) [literary]
    Sense id: en-典故-zh-noun-r9qGA5WR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Literature
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        "Min-Nan"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːn³⁵ kuː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ¹¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/"
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      "roman": "gǔdiǎn",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùdiǎn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "舊典"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùdiǎn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "旧典"
    }
  ],
  "word": "典故"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 典故 meaning in Chinese (4.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.