倒塌

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	collapse
trad. (倒塌)		倒	塌
simp. #(倒塌)		倒	塌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎotā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄊㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² taap³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tò-thap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): do² tab⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎotā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄊㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎota
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-tʻa¹
    • Yale: dǎu-tā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daota
    • Palladius: даота (daota)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² taap³
    • Yale: dóu taap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² taap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² tab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ tʰaːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò-thap
    • Tâi-lô: tò-thap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doirtab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰap̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: do² tab⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tó tha̍p
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰap̚⁴/

Verb

倒塌

1. (of a structure) to collapse; to fall

   柏林牆倒塌／柏林墙倒塌  ―  bǎilínqiáng dǎotā  ―  Fall of the Berlin Wall

   轟隆一聲巨響，房子倒塌下來。 [MSC, trad.]
   轰隆一声巨响，房子倒塌下来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hōnglōng yī shēng jùxiǎng, fángzi dǎotā xiàlái. [Pinyin]

   The house collapsed with a thundering sound.

Synonyms

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• 倒冧 (dou² lam³) (Cantonese)
• 傾覆 / 倾覆 (qīngfù)
• 凹陷 (āoxiàn)
• 坍塌 (tāntā)
• 垮 (kuǎ)
• 垮臺 / 垮台 (kuǎtái) (figurative)
• 塌 (tā)
• 塌方 (tāfāng)
• 塌臺 / 塌台 (tātái) (figurative)
• 塌落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 塌頭 / 塌头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 崩坍 (bēngtān)
• 崩塌 (bēngtā)
• 崩敗 / 崩败 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 崩潰 / 崩溃 (bēngkuì)
• 崩裂 (bēngliè)
• 崩陷 (Hokkien, literary)
• 瓦解 (wǎjiě)
• 窞肚 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 解體 / 解体 (jiětǐ)
• 陷落 (xiànluò)