撒腿

Chinese

		to scatter; let go	leg
trad. (撒腿)		撒	腿
simp. #(撒腿)		撒	腿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sātuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚ ㄊㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ teoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sātuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚ ㄊㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: satuěi
    • Wade–Giles: sa¹-tʻui³
    • Yale: sā-twěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: satoei
    • Palladius: сатуй (satuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ teoi²
    • Yale: saat téui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ toey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ têu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ tʰɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

撒⫽腿 (verb-object)

1. to take to one's heels; to beat it; to scram

   小偷丟下錢包撒腿就跑。 [MSC, trad.]
   小偷丢下钱包撒腿就跑。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiǎotōu diū xià qiánbāo sǎtuǐ jiù pǎo. [Pinyin]

   The thief dropped the wallet, took to his heels, and ran.