打破砂鍋問到底

See also: 打破砂锅问到底

Chinese

		to break; to smash	clay pot	to ask	actually; exactly; are or are not actually; exactly; are or are not; after all; in the end; all in all
trad. (打破砂鍋問到底)		打破	砂鍋	問	到底
simp. (打破砂锅问到底)		打破	砂锅	问	到底
alternative forms		打破沙鍋問到底／打破沙锅问到底 打破砂鍋璺到底／打破砂锅璺到底 打破沙鍋璺到底／打破沙锅璺到底
Literally: “to break the clay pot and ask (crack) to the bottom”.

Etymology

A pun based on the homophony of 璺 (wèn, “crack”) and 問／问 (wèn, “to ask”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎpò shāguō wèn dàodǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄚ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎpò shāguō wèn dàodǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄚ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎpò shaguo wùn dàodǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-pʻo⁴ sha¹-kuo¹ wên⁴ tao⁴-ti³
    • Yale: dǎ-pwò shā-gwō wèn dàu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daapoh shaguo wenn dawdii
    • Palladius: дапо шаго вэнь даоди (dapo šago vɛnʹ daodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

打破砂鍋問到底

1. to keep asking questions to get to the bottom of something

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打破砂鍋問到底 (“to keep asking questions to get to the bottom of something”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打破砂鍋問到底
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	打破砂鍋問到底
	Singapore	打破砂鍋問到底
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	打破砂鍋問到底
Cantonese	Hong Kong	打爛砂盆問到篤
Hakka	Xingning	打爛砂盆問到篤