滅頂之災

Chinese

		to be drowned; to be swamped	's; him/her/it; this	disaster; calamity
trad. (滅頂之災)		滅頂	之	災
simp. (灭顶之灾)		灭顶	之	灾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièdǐngzhīzāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓ ㄗㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ ding² zi¹ zoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièdǐngzhīzāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièdǐngjhihzai
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-ting³-chih¹-tsai¹
    • Yale: myè-dǐng-jr̄-dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehdiingjytzai
    • Palladius: мединчжицзай (medinčžiczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ ding² zi¹ zoi¹
    • Yale: miht díng jī jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ ding² dzi¹ dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ ding² ji¹ zoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² tɪŋ³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

滅頂之災

1. devastating catastrophe