朝天蹬

Chinese

		to look skyward; to look up; to face the sky	step into (as tight shoe)
simp. and trad. (朝天蹬)		朝天	蹬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháotiāndèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháotiāndèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháotiandèng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao²-tʻien¹-têng⁴
    • Yale: cháu-tyān-dèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaurtiandenq
    • Palladius: чаотяньдэн (čaotjanʹdɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 朝天蹬

1. (classical Chinese dance) A movement/pose wherein one of the legs is raised until the foot is next to the head, either to the front, side or back with the aid of the dancer's hands.