破地獄

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	hell; underworld; inferno hell; underworld; inferno; hell on earth
trad. (破地獄)		破	地獄
simp. (破地狱)		破	地狱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòdìyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ dei⁶ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòdìyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòdìyù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-ti⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: pwò-dì-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohdihyuh
    • Palladius: подиюй (podijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po³ dei⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: po deih yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po³ dei⁶ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: po³ déi⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ tei̯²² jʊk̚²/

Verb

破⫽地獄 (verb-object)

1. (religion) to "break the gates of hell" (a ceremony performed by Taoist priests in some Chinese funerals)