呱呱墜地

Chinese

		infant; baby	to fall to the ground; to drop; to be born
trad. (呱呱墜地)		呱呱	墜地
simp. (呱呱坠地)		呱呱	坠地
Literally: “to fall onto the ground crying”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūgūzhuìdì, wāwāzhuìdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄍㄨ ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ, ㄨㄚ ㄨㄚ ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ gu¹ zeoi⁶ dei⁶ / waa¹ waa¹ zeoi⁶ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūgūzhuìdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄍㄨ ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gugujhuèidì
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-ku¹-chui⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: gū-gū-jwèi-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gugujueydih
    • Palladius: гугучжуйди (gugučžujdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāwāzhuìdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄨㄚ ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wawajhuèidì
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-wa¹-chui⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: wā-wā-jwèi-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uauajueydih
    • Palladius: вавачжуйди (vavačžujdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ gu¹ zeoi⁶ dei⁶ / waa¹ waa¹ zeoi⁶ dei⁶
    • Yale: gū gū jeuih deih / wā wā jeuih deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ gu¹ dzoey⁶ dei⁶ / waa¹ waa¹ dzoey⁶ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ gu¹ zêu⁶ déi⁶ / wa¹ wa¹ zêu⁶ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ kuː⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯²² tei̯²²/, /waː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯²² tei̯²²/

Idiom

呱呱墜地

1. (of a baby) to be born

Synonyms

• 呱呱墮地／呱呱堕地 (gūgūduòdì)