滑鐵盧
Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (滑鐵盧) | 滑 | 鐵 | 盧 | |
| simp. (滑铁卢) | 滑 | 铁 | 卢 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from English Waterloo, via Cantonese. Doublet of 窩打老 / 窝打老.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Huátiělú
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Huátiělú
- Wade–Giles: Hua2-tʻieh3-lu2
- Yale: Hwá-tyě-lú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwatieelu
- Palladius: Хуателу (Xuatelu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: waat6 tit3 lou4
- Yale: waaht tit lòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: waat9 tit8 lou4
- Guangdong Romanization: wad6 tid3 lou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /waːt̚² tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ku̍t-thih-lô͘
- Tâi-lô: Ku̍t-thih-lôo
- Phofsit Daibuun: kudtihloo
- IPA (Taipei): /kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lɔ²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
滑鐵盧
- Waterloo (a municipality of Walloon Brabant, Belgium)
- (～市) Waterloo (a city in Ontario, Canada)
Noun
滑鐵盧
- (figurative) defeat; disastrous defeat
- 慘遭滑鐵盧／惨遭滑铁卢 ― cǎnzāo huátiělú ― to suffer a crushing defeat; to meet one's Waterloo
Verb
滑⫽鐵盧 (verb-object)
- (chiefly Cantonese) to suffer a disastrous defeat