決堤

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	dike
trad. (決堤)		決	堤
simp. (决堤)		决	堤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juédī, juétí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧ, ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ tai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juédī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuédi
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-ti¹
    • Yale: jywé-dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuedi
    • Palladius: цзюэди (czjuedi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ti⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juétí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuétí
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-tʻi²
    • Yale: jywé-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuetyi
    • Palladius: цзюэти (czjueti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ tai⁴
    • Yale: kyut tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ tʰɐi̯²¹/

Verb

決堤

1. to breach an embankment; to breach a dyke or levee

   黃河決堤／黄河决堤  ―  Huánghé juédī  ―  the Yellow River breaches levees

   • 肯尼亞官員10日稱，該國一座大壩決堤，導致至少38人死亡，數百人被迫離開家園。 [MSC, trad.]
     肯尼亚官员10日称，该国一座大坝决堤，导致至少38人死亡，数百人被迫离开家园。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018 May 10, 肯尼亚一座大坝决堤已致至少38人死亡 仍有人失踪, China News Service

     Kěnníyà guānyuán 10 rì chēng, gāi guó yī zuò dàbà juédī, dǎozhì zhìshào 38 rén sǐwáng, shù bǎi rén bèipò líkāi jiāyuán. [Pinyin]

     Kenyan officials said on the 10th [of May] that a dam in the country was breached, resulting in at least 38 deaths, and hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes.