拖垮

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	collapse
trad. (拖垮)		拖	垮
simp. #(拖垮)		拖	垮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōkuǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄎㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ kwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōkuǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄎㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuokuǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-kʻua³
    • Yale: twō-kwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuokoa
    • Palladius: токуа (tokua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to¹ kwaa¹
    • Yale: tō kwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ kwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: to¹ kua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ kʷʰaː⁵⁵/

Verb

拖垮

1. to drag down; to drag or force (someone) into a bad situation or condition
2. to tire out; to exhaust

   • 但是如果掌控得不好，打工也會耽誤學業，而且打工時間過長還有可能拖垮身體。 [MSC, trad.]
     但是如果掌控得不好，打工也会耽误学业，而且打工时间过长还有可能拖垮身体。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018 July 19, 学子海外兼职打工秘籍, People's Daily Online

     Dànshì rúguǒ zhǎngkòng dé bùhǎo, dǎgōng yě huì dānwù xuéyè, érqiě dǎgōng shíjiān guò cháng hái yǒu kěnéng tuōkuǎ shēntǐ. [Pinyin]

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