頂呱呱

Chinese

		go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")	infant; baby
trad. (頂呱呱)		頂	呱呱
simp. (顶呱呱)		顶	呱呱
alternative forms		頂刮刮／顶刮刮

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐngguāguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding² gwaa¹ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐngguāguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐngguagua
    • Wade–Giles: ting³-kua¹-kua¹
    • Yale: dǐng-gwā-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diingguagua
    • Palladius: дингуагуа (dinguagua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding² gwaa¹ gwaa¹
    • Yale: díng gwā gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding² gwaa¹ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding² gua¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/

Adjective

頂呱呱

1. tip-top; excellent; first-rate

Synonyms

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• 一個的／一个的 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 一單好／一单好 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 一流
• 一粒一 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 一見棒／一见棒 (⁷iq-ci-baon) (Wu)
• 上佳 (shàngjiā)
• 上好 (shànghǎo)
• 最佳 (zuìjiā)
• 最好 (zuìhǎo)
• 第好 (Min Nan)
• 頭等／头等 (tóuděng)
• 首要 (shǒuyào) (attributive)