跌跌撞撞

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to tumble	to drop; to fall; to tumble	to hit; to strike; to meet by accident to hit; to strike; to meet by accident; to run into; to bump against; to bump into	to hit; to strike; to meet by accident to hit; to strike; to meet by accident; to run into; to bump against; to bump into
simp. and trad. (跌跌撞撞)		跌	跌	撞	撞
AABB-type reduplication of 跌撞.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diēdiēzhuàngzhuàng, diédiézhuàngzhuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝ ㄉㄧㄝ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dit³ dit³ zong⁶ zong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diēdiēzhuàngzhuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ ㄉㄧㄝ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diediejhuàngjhuàng
    • Wade–Giles: tieh¹-tieh¹-chuang⁴-chuang⁴
    • Yale: dyē-dyē-jwàng-jwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diediejuanqjuanq
    • Palladius: дедечжуанчжуан (dedečžuančžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diédiézhuàngzhuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diédiéjhuàngjhuàng
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²-tieh²-chuang⁴-chuang⁴
    • Yale: dyé-dyé-jwàng-jwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyedyejuanqjuanq
    • Palladius: дедечжуанчжуан (dedečžuančžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dit³ dit³ zong⁶ zong⁶
    • Yale: dit dit johng johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁸ dit⁸ dzong⁶ dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: did³ did³ zong⁶ zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚³ tiːt̚³ t͡sɔːŋ²² t͡sɔːŋ²²/

Adjective

跌跌撞撞

1. (ideophonic) doddering; tottering; faltering
2. (ideophonic, figurative) rash; reckless; staggering along in life

   • 熟悉鐘聲響　陪伴我們青春的跌跌撞撞 [MSC, trad.]
     熟悉钟声响　陪伴我们青春的跌跌撞撞 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2017, 周二珂 (lyrics 鄭中庸), 《櫻花粉的浪漫》 (Romance of the Cherry Blossom)

     shóuxī zhōngshēng xiǎng, péibàn wǒmen qīngchūn de diēdiēzhuàngzhuàng [Pinyin]

     The familiar bell sound,
     Accompanies our headlong youth.

Synonyms

• 撞撞跌跌