滴漏

Chinese

		a drop; to drip	funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
trad. (滴漏)		滴	漏
simp. #(滴漏)		滴	漏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīlòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄌㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶ lau⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸diq-leu₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīlòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄌㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dilòu
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-lou⁴
    • Yale: dī-lòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dilow
    • Palladius: дилоу (dilou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīlòur
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄌㄡˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dilòur
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-lou⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dī-lòur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dilowl
    • Palladius: дилоур (dilour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ lɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dik⁶ lau⁶
    • Yale: dihk lauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹ lau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶ leo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚² lɐu̯²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸diq-leu₆
    • MiniDict: dih^入 leu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵diq-leu₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /diɪʔ¹¹ lɤ²³/

Noun

滴漏

1. water clock; hourglass; clepsydra

Derived terms

• 銅壺滴漏 / 铜壶滴漏

Verb

滴漏

1. to drip down drop by drop