墜胎

Chinese

		fall	fetus; litter
trad. (墜胎)		墜	胎
simp. (坠胎)		坠	胎
alternative forms		墮胎／堕胎 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuìtāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ toi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tūi-thai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuìtāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuèitai
    • Wade–Giles: chui⁴-tʻai¹
    • Yale: jwèi-tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jueytai
    • Palladius: чжуйтай (čžujtaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ toi¹
    • Yale: jeuih tōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ toi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ toi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tūi-thai
    • Tâi-lô: tuī-thai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duixtay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tui²²⁻²¹ tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻²² tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²²⁻²¹ tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tui³³⁻¹¹ tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui³³⁻²¹ tʰai⁴⁴/

Verb

墜胎

1. to abort a foetus; to induce an abortion

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 墮胎 (“to abort a fetus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		墮胎
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	打胎, 墮胎
	Harbin	打胎
	Singapore	墮胎
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	刮孩子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	刮孩子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	打娃
	Xi'an	打胎
	Xining	打胎
	Xuzhou	打胎, 墮胎
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	打胎
	Lanzhou	打胎
	Ürümqi	打娃娃, 刮娃娃
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打胎
	Wuhan	打胎
	Guiyang	打胎
	Guilin	打胎
	Liuzhou	打胎
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	打胎
	Yangzhou	打胎
	Nantong	打胎
Cantonese	Hong Kong	落仔, 墮胎
	Dongguan	落仔
Gan	Nanchang	打肚
	Lichuan	打胎
	Pingxiang	打胎
Hakka	Yudu	打肚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打胎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打胎
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	拿細人仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	打胎
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打胎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打胎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打胎
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打胎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打胎
Huizhou	Jixi	打胎, 刮胎
Jin	Taiyuan	打胎
	Xinzhou	打娃娃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拍落身
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍胎
	Quanzhou	拍胎
	Jinjiang	脫胎
	Zhangzhou	拍胎
	Zhao'an	墜胎
	Taipei (Wanhua)	拍胎
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	提囡仔
	Kaohsiung	提囡仔, 挈掉
	Yilan	落胎
	Changhua (Lukang)	提掉
	Taichung	提掉
	Taichung (Wuqi)	落胎
	Tainan	提囡仔, 提掉
	Tainan (Anping)	提囡仔
	Taitung	拍胎
	Hsinchu	提掉
	Penghu (Magong)	提囡仔
	Jieyang	落囝
	Leizhou	落囝
	Haikou	拍囝, 拍胎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	打胎
Wu	Shanghai	打胎, 流產
	Shanghai (Chongming)	打胎
	Suzhou	打胎
	Danyang	打胎, 刮胎
	Hangzhou	打胎
	Ningbo	打胎
	Wenzhou	打胎
	Jinhua	打胎
Xiang	Changsha	打胎, 打毛毛, 刮毛毛
	Loudi	打胎

Noun

墜胎

1. induced abortion

Synonyms

• 人工流產／人工流产 (réngōng liúchǎn)
• 人流 (rénliú)
• 墮胎／堕胎 (duòtāi)