五體投地

See also: 五体投地

Chinese

		five	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (五體投地)		五	體	投地
simp. (五体投地)		五	体	投地
Literally: “five body parts (both hands/elbows, both knees and head) touching the ground”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔtǐtóudì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔtǐtóudì [Phonetic: wútǐtóudì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔtǐtóudì
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-tʻi³-tʻou²-ti⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-tǐ-tóu-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutiitourdih
    • Palladius: утитоуди (utitoudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶
    • Yale: ńgh tái tàuh deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ tei² teo⁴ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tei̯²²/

Idiom

五體投地

1. prostrating oneself before someone in admiration; to admire with the utmost sincerity