甩拖

Chinese

		fling	dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along
trad. (甩拖)		甩	拖
simp. #(甩拖)		甩	拖

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lat¹ to¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lat¹ to¹
    • Yale: lāt tō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lat⁷ to¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: led¹ to¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐt̚⁵ tʰɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

甩⫽拖 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to break up; to end a relationship
2. (Cantonese, chiefly in the negative, dated) to slip; to make a mistake

Synonyms

• (to break up):

Dialectal synonyms of 分手 (“to break up; to end a romantic relationship; to separate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		分手
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	分手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	分手, 掟煲, 甩拖
	Hong Kong	分手, 掟煲, 甩拖, 散

• (to slip): 失手 (shīshǒu), 失誤／失误 (shīwù), (Cantonese) 甩轆／甩辘, (Cantonese, dated) 失拖