骨頭打鼓

Chinese

		bone; character; personal quality	to play the drums; to be nervous; to feel uneasy
trad. (骨頭打鼓)		骨頭	打鼓
simp. (骨头打鼓)		骨头	打鼓
Literally: “bones (can be used to) strike drums”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔtou dǎgǔ, gútou dǎgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ tau⁴ daa² gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔtou dǎgǔ [Phonetic: gǔtoudágǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔto̊u dǎgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-tʻou⁵ ta³-ku³
    • Yale: gǔ-tou dǎ-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu.tou daaguu
    • Palladius: гутоу дагу (gutou dagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Beijing, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gútou dǎgǔ [Phonetic: gútoudágǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gúto̊u dǎgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku²-tʻou⁵ ta³-ku³
    • Yale: gú-tou dǎ-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwu.tou daaguu
    • Palladius: гутоу дагу (gutou dagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹ tau⁴ daa² gu²
    • Yale: gwāt tàuh dá gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ tau⁴ daa² gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ teo⁴ da² gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ taː³⁵ kuː³⁵/

Verb

骨頭打鼓

1. (figurative, regional) to have passed away (for a long time)