投胎

Chinese

		to throw; to send	fetus; litter
trad. (投胎)		投	胎
simp. #(投胎)		投	胎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóutāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ toi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-thai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ to¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóutāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóutai
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-tʻai¹
    • Yale: tóu-tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtai
    • Palladius: тоутай (toutaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ toi¹
    • Yale: tàuh tōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ toi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ toi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 頭胎 / 头胎 投胎

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-thai
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-thai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'tay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ tʰai⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁵ to¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu tho
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰo³³/

Verb

投胎

1. to be reincarnated

   趕著去投胎嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   赶着去投胎吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Gǎn zhe qù tóutāi ma? [Pinyin]

   What's the hurry? (Used when one sees someone driving fast and recklessly) (literally, “Are you hurrying to get reincarnated?”)

Synonyms

• 投生 (tóushēng)