壁咚

Chinese

		wall; rampart	phonetic
simp. and trad. (壁咚)		壁	咚

Etymology

From Japanese 壁(かべ)ドン (kabedon).

The 壁 part is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 壁 (kabe).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìdōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ dung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìdōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìdong
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-tung¹
    • Yale: bì-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihdong
    • Palladius: бидун (bidun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ dung¹
    • Yale: bīk dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

壁咚

1. (neologism, colloquial, usually of a man towards a woman) to put one's hand against a near wall (romantically or hostilely), creating a barrier with the arm and preventing someone from moving

Noun

壁咚

1. (neologism, colloquial, usually of a man towards a woman) the act of putting one's hand against a near wall (romantically or hostilely), creating a barrier with the arm and preventing someone from moving