投井下石

Chinese

		to throw; to send	warn; well	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (投井下石)		投	井	下	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóujǐngxiàshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ zeng² haa⁶ sek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóujǐngxiàshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóujǐngsiàshíh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-ching³-hsia⁴-shih²
    • Yale: tóu-jǐng-syà-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourjiingshiahshyr
    • Palladius: тоуцзинсяши (touczinsjaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ zeng² haa⁶ sek⁶
    • Yale: tàuh jéng hah sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ dzeng² haa⁶ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ zéng² ha⁶ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ haː²² sɛːk̚²/

Idiom

投井下石

1. Synonym of 落井下石 (luòjǐngxiàshí, “to kick someone when they are down”)