墮樓
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]degenerate; fall | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor | ||
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trad. (墮樓) | 墮 | 樓 | |
simp. (堕楼) | 堕 | 楼 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: do6 lau4-2
- Yale: doh láu
- Cantonese Pinyin: do6 lau4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: do6 leo4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɔː²² lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]墮樓
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic) to commit suicide by jumping from a building; to jump to one's death