倒臥

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 lie; to crouch
trad. (倒臥)		倒	臥
simp. (倒卧)		倒	卧
anagram		臥倒／卧倒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎowò

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² ngo⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎowò
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎowò
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-wo⁴
    • Yale: dǎu-wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daowoh
    • Palladius: даово (daovo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² ngo⁶
    • Yale: dóu ngoh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² ngo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² ngo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ ŋɔː²²/

Verb

倒臥

1. to lie down

   • 今年，長治市文物工作者對南城鄉一帶進行文物普查時，在方圓5公里之內，發現暴露在地面的木化石就有32棵。它們有的橫陳在山坡上，有的倒臥在灌木叢中，最長的達18米，最粗的直徑有15米，姿態各異，蔚為奇觀。 [MSC, trad.]
     今年，长治市文物工作者对南城乡一带进行文物普查时，在方圆5公里之内，发现暴露在地面的木化石就有32棵。它们有的横陈在山坡上，有的倒卧在灌木丛中，最长的达18米，最粗的直径有15米，姿态各异，蔚为奇观。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 池茂花 (1988 September 18) “长子县发现罕见木化石群落 经专家初步考证距今二亿多年”, in People's Daily (in Chinese), page 1

     Jīnnián, Chángzhì shì wénwù gōngzuò zhě duì Nánchéng xiāng yīdài jìnxíng wénwù pǔchá shí, zài fāngyuán 5 gōnglǐ zhī nèi, fāxiàn bàolù zài dìmiàn de mùhuàshí jiù yǒu 32 kē. Tāmen yǒude héngchén zài shānpō shàng, yǒude dǎowò zài guànmùcóng zhōng, zuì cháng de dá 18 mǐ, zuì cū de zhíjìng yǒu 1 5 mǐ, zītài gè yì, wèiwèiqíguān. [Pinyin]

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Noun

倒臥

1. person who lie dead on the street as a result of dying from hunger or cold exposure