脫胎換骨

Chinese

		to emerge from the womb; to be born out of; to make bodiless lacquerware	change; exchange	bone
trad. (脫胎換骨)		脫胎	換	骨
simp. (脱胎换骨)		脱胎	换	骨
alternative forms		換骨脫胎／换骨脱胎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōtāihuàngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄊㄞ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyut³ toi¹ wun⁶ gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōtāihuàngǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄊㄞ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuotaihuàngǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-tʻai¹-huan⁴-ku³
    • Yale: twō-tāi-hwàn-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuotaihuannguu
    • Palladius: тотайхуаньгу (totajxuanʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyut³ toi¹ wun⁶ gwat¹
    • Yale: tyut tōi wuhn gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyt⁸ toi¹ wun⁶ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tüd³ toi¹ wun⁶ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːt̚³ tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵ wuːn²² kʷɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

脫胎換骨

1. (figurative) to completely reform oneself

Synonyms

• 抽胎換骨／抽胎换骨