斷尾

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	tail
trad. (斷尾)		斷	尾
simp. (断尾)		断	尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁵ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànwěi
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-wei³
    • Yale: dwàn-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannwoei
    • Palladius: дуаньвэй (duanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyun⁵ mei⁵
    • Yale: tyúhn méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁵ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tün⁵ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn¹³ mei̯¹³/

Verb

斷尾

1. to break off one's tail

   • 大部分人對隱密的蜥蜴共同的印象就是容易斷尾 [MSC, trad.]
     大部分人对隐密的蜥蜴共同的印象就是容易断尾 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2017 February 9, 莊雅婷, 斷尾後存活率下降30%！　台師大教授揭蜥蜴之謎, ETtoday 東森新聞雲

     Dàbùfèn rén duì yǐnmì de xīyì gòngtóng de yìnxiàng jiùshì róngyì duànwěi [Pinyin]

     Most people's common impression on the secretive lizard is that it can easily break off its tail.

2. (Cantonese) to be cured completely

   • 陳指，現可透過組合性療法，利用藥物控制膀胱、腦部中樞神經及小便排洩量三方面，服藥半年後「斷尾機會好高」。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     陈指，现可透过组合性疗法，利用药物控制膀胱、脑部中枢神经及小便排泄量三方面，服药半年后「断尾机会好高」。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2013 December 26, 醫知健：藥物治尿床斷尾機會高, 太陽報 (The Sun)

     can⁴ zi², jin⁶ ho² tau³ gwo³ zou² hap⁶ sing³ liu⁴ faat³, lei⁶ jung⁶ joek⁶ mat⁶ hung³ zai³ pong⁴ gwong¹, nou⁵ bou⁶ zung¹ syu¹ san⁴ ging¹ gap⁶ siu² bin⁶ paai⁴ sit³ loeng⁴ saam¹ fong¹ min⁶, fuk⁶ joek⁶ bun³ nin⁴ hau⁶ “tyun⁵ mei⁵ gei¹ wui⁶ hou² gou¹”. [Jyutping]

     Chan indicates that through combination therapy, it is possible to use medication to control three aspects: the bladder, the brain and central nervous system, and the excretion of urine. After half a year of medication, “the chance of curing it completely is very high”.

Synonyms

• (to be cured completely): 斷根／断根 (duàngēn)