潦倒
Chinese
| flooded; heavy rain | upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt | ||
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| simp. and trad. (潦倒) |
潦 | 倒 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: liáodǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liáodǎo
- Wade–Giles: liao2-tao3
- Yale: lyáu-dǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaudao
- Palladius: ляодао (ljaodao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: liǎodǎo [Phonetic: liáodǎo]
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liǎodǎo
- Wade–Giles: liao3-tao3
- Yale: lyǎu-dǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaudao
- Palladius: ляодао (ljaodao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 dou2
- Yale: lóuh dóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 dou2
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 dou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ tou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-tó
- Tâi-lô: liáu-tó
- Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'doir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Middle Chinese: lawX tawX
Adjective
潦倒
- down on one's luck; to be on the rocks; frustrated; hapless and dejected