地地道道

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (地地道道)		地	地	道	道
simp. #(地地道道)		地	地	道	道
AABB-type reduplication of 地道 (dìdào).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìdìdàodào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ dei⁶ dou⁶ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìdìdàodào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìdìdàodào
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-ti⁴-tao⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: dì-dì-dàu-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihdihdawdaw
    • Palladius: дидидаодао (dididaodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ dei⁶ dou⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: deih deih douh douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ dei⁶ dou⁶ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ déi⁶ dou⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² tei̯²² tou̯²² tou̯²²/

Adjective

地地道道

1. (emphatic) out-and-out; utter; absolute; true-blue