倒吊

Chinese

		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	to hang; to suspend
simp. and trad. (倒吊)		倒	吊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàodiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ diu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tò-tiàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàodiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàodiào
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tiao⁴
    • Yale: dàu-dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawdiaw
    • Palladius: даодяо (daodjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ diu³
    • Yale: dou diu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ diu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ diu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ tiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò-tiàu
    • Tâi-lô: tò-tiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doirdiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²¹⁻⁵³ tiau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²¹⁻⁵³ tiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to¹¹⁻⁵³ tiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tiau²¹/

Verb

倒吊

1. to place upside down; to invert; to suspend upside down
2. (Mainland China and Philippine Hokkien, figurative) to invert; to place in an improper order

Synonyms

• 倒置 (dàozhì)

Derived terms

• 倒吊人 (dàodiàorén)
• 倒吊冇滴墨水
• 倒吊子
• 倒吊枋
• 倒吊沙煲
• 倒吊無墨水 / 倒吊无墨水
• 倒吊荷包
• 倒吊蠟燭 / 倒吊蜡烛
• 倒吊行

Noun

倒吊

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) bugeye squeaker (Synodontis contractus)