撂挑子

Chinese

		to leave (it)	shoulder pole with its load
simp. and trad. (撂挑子)		撂	挑子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liàotiāozi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liàotiāozi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liàotiaozi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: liao⁴-tʻiao¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: lyàu-tyāu-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liawtiau.tzy
  - Palladius: ляотяоцзы (ljaotjaoczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Verb

撂挑子

(literally, originally Beijing and Tianjin Mandarin dialects) to put one's shoulder pole down
(figurative) to throw up one's job

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