解套

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath
trad. (解套)		解	套
simp. ^#(解套)		解	套

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiětào

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄠˋ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cia-thau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiětào
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiětào
  - Wade–Giles: chieh³-tʻao⁴
  - Yale: jyě-tàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieetaw
  - Palladius: цзетао (czetao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵cia-thau
  - MiniDict: cia^去 thau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jia-thau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕia³³ tʰɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

解套

(finance) to sell a stock at no loss after the price rebounds
(Shanghainese) to release one from a predicament
- 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 24:
  
  伊拉娘一來，我領孫子個任務就解套了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
  伊拉娘一来，我领孙子个任务就解套了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
  ⁶yi-la ⁶gnian ⁷iq ⁶le ⁶ngu ⁶lin ¹sen-tsy-geq ⁶zen-vu ⁶zhieu ⁵cia-thau ⁸leq [Wugniu]
  Once their mum comes, my mission of picking up my grandson shall come to an end.
(Shanghainese) to divorce
- 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 24:
  
  吵了十幾年，今朝總算解套！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
  吵了十几年，今朝总算解套！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
  ⁵tshau-leq ⁸zeq-ci-gni ¹cin-tsau ⁵tson-soe ⁵cia-thau [Wugniu]
  After arguing for over ten years, today I'm finally getting a divorce!