滿地找牙

Chinese

		covering the ground	to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone) to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone); to find; to seek; to return	tooth; ivory
trad. (滿地找牙)		滿地	找	牙
simp. (满地找牙)		满地	找	牙
Literally: “to search everywhere on the floor for one's own teeth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎndì zhǎo yá

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁵ dei⁶ zaau² ngaa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎndì zhǎo yá
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎndì jhǎo yá
    • Wade–Giles: man³-ti⁴ chao³ ya²
    • Yale: mǎn-dì jǎu yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maandih jao ya
    • Palladius: маньди чжао я (manʹdi čžao ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁵ dei⁶ zaau² ngaa⁴
    • Yale: múhn deih jáau ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁵ dei⁶ dzaau² ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁵ déi⁶ zao² nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn¹³ tei̯²² t͡saːu̯³⁵ ŋaː²¹/

Phrase

滿地找牙

1. (used after 得 as complement) to be defeated completely and shamefully

   他被打得滿地找牙。 [MSC, trad.]
   他被打得满地找牙。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bèi dǎ dé mǎndìzhǎoyá. [Pinyin]

   He was badly beaten.