鐵王八

Chinese

		iron	tortoise; turtle; cuckold
trad. (鐵王八)		鐵	王八
simp. (铁王八)		铁	王八

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěwángba, tiěwángbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ, ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ wong⁴ baat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěwángba
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěwángbå
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-wang²-pa⁵
    • Yale: tyě-wáng-ba
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieewangba
    • Palladius: теванба (tevanba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵ b̥ä³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěwángbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěwángba
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-wang²-pa¹
    • Yale: tyě-wáng-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieewangba
    • Palladius: теванба (tevanba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ wong⁴ baat³
    • Yale: tit wòhng baat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ wong⁴ baat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ wong⁴ bad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ wɔːŋ²¹ paːt̚³/

Noun

鐵王八

1. (slang) tank (armoured fighting vehicle)

Synonyms

• 坦克 (tǎnkè)