摔跤

Chinese

		throw on ground; to fall	bones of leg; wrestle
simp. and trad. (摔跤)		摔	跤
alternative forms		摔交

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuāijiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seot¹ gaau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soai-kau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuāijiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞㄐㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuaijiao
  - Wade–Giles: shuai¹-chiao¹
  - Yale: shwāi-jyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuaijiau
  - Palladius: шуайцзяо (šuajczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seot¹ gaau¹
  - Yale: sēut gāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soet⁷ gaau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêd¹ gao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵt̚⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soai-kau
  - Tâi-lô: suai-kau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soai'kaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suai⁴⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

Verb

摔⫽跤 (verb-object)

to fall down; to be tripped over; to trip and fall
摔了一跤 ― shuāi le yī jiāo ― to trip and fall (once)
(sports) to wrestle
- 2014, 彼得·约翰森 [Pete Johnson], translated by 小唐, 《爸妈太过分·我被全班孤立了》, Hefei: 安徽少年儿童出版社, →ISBN, page 3:
  
  遗憾的是，外公从来没跟我摔过跤。 [MSC, simp.]
  遺憾的是，外公從來沒跟我摔過跤。 [MSC, trad.]
  Yíhàn de shì, wàigōng cónglái méi gēn wǒ shuāi guò jiāo. [Pinyin]
  What I regret is that Grandpa has never wrestled with me.
(figurative) to trip up; to suffer a setback

Noun

摔跤

(sports) wrestling

Synonyms

摔角 (shuāijiǎo)