撻Q

Chinese

		to droop	cue
trad. (撻Q)		撻	Q
simp. (挞Q)		挞	Q
alternative forms		撻cue／挞cue
Literally: “to miss one's (snooker) cue”.

Etymology

Originally slang of billiards or snooker.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taat³ kiu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taat³ kiu¹
    • Yale: taat kīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taat⁸ kiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tad³ kiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːt̚³ kʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

撻Q

1. (Cantonese) to blunder