砥柱

Chinese

		baffle (pier); whetstone	pillar
simp. and trad. (砥柱)		砥	柱
alt. forms		底柱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǐzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dai² cyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǐzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diijuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǐzhùr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄨˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diijull
  - IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂuɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dai² cyu⁵
  - Yale: dái chyúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dai² tsy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dei² qu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰyː¹³/

Proper noun

砥柱

(～山) Mount Dizhu (rock situated midstream of the Yellow River)

Derived terms

中流砥柱 (zhōngliúdǐzhù)

砥柱中流

Noun

砥柱

(figuratively) backbone; mainstay

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