潦倒
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Chinese[edit]
flooded; heavy rain | 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 | ||
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simp. and trad. (潦倒) |
潦 | 倒 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liáodǎo
- Wade–Giles: liao2-tao3
- Yale: lyáu-dǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaudao
- Palladius: ляодао (ljaodao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liǎodǎo
- Wade–Giles: liao3-tao3
- Yale: lyǎu-dǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaudao
- Palladius: ляодао (ljaodao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 dou2
- Yale: lóuh dóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 dou2
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 dou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ tou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: lawX tawX
Adjective[edit]
潦倒
- down on one's luck; to be on the rocks; frustrated; hapless and dejected
Synonyms[edit]
- (Hokkien) 塌斥