急轉直下

See also: 急转直下 and 急転直下

Chinese

		hurried; worried	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (急轉直下)		急	轉	直	下
simp. (急转直下)		急	转	直	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jízhuǎnzhíxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄓˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gap¹ zyun² zik⁶ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jízhuǎnzhíxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄓˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíjhuǎnjhíhsià
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-chuan³-chih²-hsia⁴
    • Yale: jí-jwǎn-jŕ-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijoanjyrshiah
    • Palladius: цзичжуаньчжися (czičžuanʹčžisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gap¹ zyun² zik⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: gāp jyún jihk hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gap⁷ dzyn² dzik⁹ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geb¹ jun² jig⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐp̚⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ t͡sɪk̚² haː²²/

Idiom

急轉直下

1. to suddenly and rapidly worsen or deteriorate; to take a turn for the worse