出人頭地

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	man; person; people	head; (noun suffix)	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (出人頭地)		出	人	頭	地
simp. (出人头地)		出	人	头	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūréntóudì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ jan⁴ tau⁴ dei⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ nang⁵ tao⁵ di⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūréntóudì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: churéntóudì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-jên²-tʻou²-ti⁴
    • Yale: chū-rén-tóu-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: churentourdih
    • Palladius: чужэньтоуди (čužɛnʹtoudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ jan⁴ tau⁴ dei⁶
    • Yale: chēut yàhn tàuh deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ jan⁴ tau⁴ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ yen⁴ teo⁴ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ tei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cug⁴ nang⁵ tao⁵ di⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk nâng thâu tī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ti¹¹/

Idiom

出人頭地

1. to be outstanding; to stand out among others

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 出人前