徹頭徹尾

See also: 彻头彻尾

Chinese

		pervade; penetrate; pass through pervade; penetrate; pass through; thorough; penetrating	head; (noun suffix)	pervade; penetrate; pass through pervade; penetrate; pass through; thorough; penetrating	tail
trad. (徹頭徹尾)		徹	頭	徹	尾
simp. (彻头彻尾)		彻	头	彻	尾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chètóuchèwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thiat-thâu-thiat-bóe

(Teochew, Peng'im): tiag⁴ tao⁵ tiag⁴ bhuê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chètóuchèwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chètóuchèwěi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻê⁴-tʻou²-chʻê⁴-wei³
  - Yale: chè-tóu-chè-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chehtourchehwoei
  - Palladius: чэтоучэвэй (čɛtoučɛvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵
  - Yale: chit tàuh chit méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ tau⁴ tsit⁸ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: qid³ teo⁴ qid³ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³ mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat-thâu-thiat-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: thiat-thâu-thiat-bué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiattau'tiatboea
  - IPA (Tainan): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tiag⁴ tao⁵ tiag⁴ bhuê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiak thâu thiak bué
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ bue⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

徹頭徹尾

thoroughgoing; through and through
- 2016 February 9, 旺角事件屬暴亂莫以藉口作掩飾‎^[1], spoken by 林鄭月娥 [Carrie Lam], 政府新聞處 [Information Services Department]:
  
  呢一件事呢，係一個徹頭徹尾嘅暴亂嘅事件。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  呢一件事呢，系一个彻头彻尾嘅暴乱嘅事件。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  nei¹ jat¹ gin⁶ si⁶ ne¹, hai⁶ jat¹ go³ cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵ ge³ bou⁶ lyun⁶ ge³ si⁶ gin^6-2. [Jyutping]
  This incident was completely a riot.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徹	頭	徹	尾
てつ > てっ Grade: S	とう Grade: 2	てつ Grade: S	び Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てっとーてつび [tèttóótéꜜtsùbì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [te̞t̚to̞ːte̞t͡sɨbʲi]

Adverb

徹(てっ)頭(とう)徹(てつ)尾(び) • (tettōtetsubi)

thoroughly, right down the line

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
徹	頭	徹	尾

Adverb

徹頭徹尾 • (cheolducheolmi) (hangeul 철두철미)

hanja form^? of 철두철미 (“thoroughly”)