拖後腿

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	hindleg
trad. (拖後腿)		拖	後腿
simp. (拖后腿)		拖	后腿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuō hòutuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ hau⁶ teoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thoa-āu-thúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuō hòutuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuo hòutuěi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹ hou⁴-tʻui³
    • Yale: twō hòu-twěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuo howtoei
    • Palladius: то хоутуй (to xoutuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to¹ hau⁶ teoi²
    • Yale: tō hauh téui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ hau⁶ toey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: to¹ heo⁶ têu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² tʰɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-āu-thúi
    • Tâi-lô: thua-āu-thuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toa'auxtuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² au²²⁻²¹ tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³ au⁴¹⁻²² tʰui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² au²²⁻²¹ tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ au³³⁻¹¹ tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ au³³⁻²¹ tʰui⁴¹/

Verb

拖⫽後腿 (verb-object)

1. to hold back; to hinder; to hamper

Synonyms

• 扯後腿／扯后腿 (chě hòutuǐ)
• 拉後腿／拉后腿 (lā hòutuǐ)
• (Hokkien) 擢後跤／擢后跤