底牌

Chinese

		background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (底牌)		底	牌
simp. #(底牌)		底	牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐpái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai² paai^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tóe-pâi / té-pâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐpái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐpái
    • Wade–Giles: ti³-pʻai²
    • Yale: dǐ-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diipair
    • Palladius: дипай (dipaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai² paai^4-2
    • Yale: dái páai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai² paai^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei² pai^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tóe-pâi
    • Tâi-lô: tué-pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doefpaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-pâi
    • Tâi-lô: té-pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defpaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pai²³/

Noun

底牌

1. (card games) one's hand (the cards held by the player)
2. (figurative) last resort; final tactic; trump card
3. (figurative) inside story; real situation (of the other side)

Derived terms

• 揭底牌 (jiē dǐpái)