徹頭徹尾

See also: 彻头彻尾

Chinese

		pervade; penetrate; pass through pervade; penetrate; pass through; thorough; penetrating	head; (noun suffix)	pervade; penetrate; pass through pervade; penetrate; pass through; thorough; penetrating	tail
trad. (徹頭徹尾)		徹	頭	徹	尾
simp. (彻头彻尾)		彻	头	彻	尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chètóuchèwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thiat-thâu-thiat-bóe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiag⁴ tao⁵ tiag⁴ bhuê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chètóuchèwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chètóuchèwěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê⁴-tʻou²-chʻê⁴-wei³
    • Yale: chè-tóu-chè-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chehtourchehwoei
    • Palladius: чэтоучэвэй (čɛtoučɛvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵
    • Yale: chit tàuh chit méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ tau⁴ tsit⁸ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³ teo⁴ qid³ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat-thâu-thiat-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: thiat-thâu-thiat-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiattau'tiatboea
    • IPA (Tainan): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiag⁴ tao⁵ tiag⁴ bhuê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiak thâu thiak bué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ bue⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

徹頭徹尾

1. thoroughgoing; through and through

   • 呢一件事呢，係一個徹頭徹尾嘅暴亂嘅事件。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     呢一件事呢，系一个彻头彻尾嘅暴乱嘅事件。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016: 林鄭月娥 (Carrie Lam), 旺角事件屬暴亂 莫以藉口作掩飾

     nei¹ jat¹ gin⁶ si⁶ ne¹, hai⁶ jat¹ go³ cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵ ge³ bou⁶ lyun⁶ ge³ si⁶ gin^6-2. [Jyutping]

     This incident was completely a riot.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徹	頭	徹	尾
てつ > てっ Grade: S	とう Grade: 2	てつ Grade: S	び Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てっとーて​つび [tèttóótéꜜtsùbì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [te̞t̚to̞ːte̞t͡sɨᵝbʲi]

Adverb

徹(てっ)頭(とう)徹(てつ)尾(び) • (tettōtetsubi) 

1. thoroughly, right down the line