痛腳

Chinese

		ache; pain; sorrow	role; foot; base
trad. (痛腳)		痛	腳
simp. (痛脚)		痛	脚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tòngjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ goek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tòngjiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tòngjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung⁴-chiao³
    • Yale: tùng-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqjeau
    • Palladius: тунцзяо (tunczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung³ goek³
    • Yale: tung geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung³ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ kœːk̚³/

Noun

痛腳

1. (literally) painful foot
2. (figurative, formal) weak spot; soft underbelly; shortcoming

Related terms

• 把柄 (bǎbǐng)
• 短處／短处 (duǎnchu)