打退堂鼓

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	drum used at the end of a court hearing
trad. (打退堂鼓)		打	退堂鼓
simp. #(打退堂鼓)		打	退堂鼓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ tuìtánggǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² teoi³ tong⁴ gu²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): táⁿ thòe-tông-kó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): da² to³ deng⁵ gou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ tuìtánggǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ tuèitánggǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ tʻui⁴-tʻang²-ku³
    • Yale: dǎ twèi-táng-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa tueytarngguu
    • Palladius: да туйтангу (da tujtangu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² teoi³ tong⁴ gu²
    • Yale: dá teui tòhng gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² toey³ tong⁴ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² têu³ tong⁴ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tʰɵy̯³³ tʰɔːŋ²¹ kuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ thòe-tông-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tánn thuè-tông-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvar toea'dongkor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: da² to³ deng⁵ gou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tá thò tṳ̂ng kóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰo²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kou⁵²/

Verb

打⫽退堂鼓 (verb-object)

1. (historical) to beat the drum before the magistrate withdraws from the court
2. (figurative) to beat a retreat; to give up halfway

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打退堂鼓 (“to beat a retreat; to give up halfway”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打退堂鼓
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	打退堂鼓
Cantonese	Hong Kong	打退堂鼓
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍退堂鼓
	Jieyang	拍退堂鼓