呼天搶地

Chinese

			to hit the ground
trad. (呼天搶地)		呼天	搶地
simp. (呼天抢地)		呼天	抢地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūtiānqiāngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ tin¹ coeng¹ dei⁶ / fu¹ tin¹ coeng² dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūtiānqiāngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hutianciangdì
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-tʻien¹-chʻiang¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: hū-tyān-chyāng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hutianchiangdih
    • Palladius: хутяньцянди (xutjanʹcjandi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ tin¹ coeng¹ dei⁶ / fu¹ tin¹ coeng² dei⁶
    • Yale: fū tīn chēung deih / fū tīn chéung deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ tin¹ tsoeng¹ dei⁶ / fu¹ tin¹ tsoeng² dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ tin¹ cêng¹ déi⁶ / fu¹ tin¹ cêng² déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²²/, /fuː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ³⁵ tei̯²²/

Idiom

呼天搶地

1. to cry bitterly and loudly in excessive grief

Synonyms

• 呼天叩地
• 搶地呼天／抢地呼天