跌跌撞撞

Chinese

to drop; to fall; to tumble to drop; to fall; to tumble
to hit; to strike; to meet by accident
to hit; to strike; to meet by accident; to run into; to bump against; to bump into
 
to hit; to strike; to meet by accident
to hit; to strike; to meet by accident; to run into; to bump against; to bump into
 
simp. and trad.
(跌跌撞撞)
AABB-type reduplication of 跌撞.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): diēdiēzhuàngzhuàng, diédiézhuàngzhuàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝ ㄉㄧㄝ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): dit3 dit3 zong6 zong6
  • Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): de2 de2 công5 công5

Adjective

跌跌撞撞

  1. (ideophonic) doddering; tottering; faltering
  2. (ideophonic, figurative) rash; reckless; staggering along in life

Synonyms

  • 撞撞跌跌

References

  • 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “跌跌撞撞”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 135.