倒篷頭

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	sail	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (倒篷頭)		倒	篷	頭
simp. (倒篷头)		倒	篷	头

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tau ⁶bon-deu

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tau ⁶bon-deu
    • MiniDict: tau^去 bon^去 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tau ³bon-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tɔ⁴⁴  boŋ²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

倒篷頭

1. (Shanghainese, slang) to lose money (in business); to make a loss; to run at a loss

Synonyms

• 了去 (Hokkien)
• 了大空 (Hokkien)
• 了本 (Hokkien)
• 了錢／了钱 (Hokkien)
• 倒貼／倒贴 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 塌本 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 打出本 (Hakka)
• 折本 (shéběn)
• 折錢／折钱
• 虧損／亏损 (kuīsǔn)
• 虧本／亏本 (kuīběn)
• 蝕本／蚀本 (shíběn)
• 貼本／贴本 (Hokkien, Xiang)
• 賠本／赔本 (péiběn)