跌眼鏡
Chinese
| to drop; to fall; to tumble | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (跌眼鏡) | 跌 | 眼鏡 | |
| simp. (跌眼镜) | 跌 | 眼镜 | |
| Literally: “to drop one's eyeglasses”. | |||
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: diēyǎnjìng
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dieyǎnjìng
- Wade–Giles: tieh1-yen3-ching4
- Yale: dyē-yǎn-jìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dieyeanjinq
- Palladius: деяньцзин (dejanʹczin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: diēyǎnjìngr
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dieyǎnjìngr
- Wade–Giles: tieh1-yen3-ching4-ʼrh
- Yale: dyē-yǎn-jìngr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dieyeanjienql
- Palladius: деяньцзинр (dejanʹczinr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: diéyǎnjìng
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: diéyǎnjìng
- Wade–Giles: tieh2-yen3-ching4
- Yale: dyé-yǎn-jìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyeyeanjinq
- Palladius: деяньцзин (dejanʹczin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dit3 ngaan5 geng3-2
- Yale: dit ngáahn géng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dit8 ngaan5 geng3-2
- Guangdong Romanization: did3 ngan5 géng3-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiːt̚³ ŋaːn¹³ kɛːŋ³³⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: et1 ngan2 giang1*
- Sinological IPA (key): /et̚³³ ᵑɡan⁵⁵ kiaŋ³³⁻³³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
跌⫽眼鏡 (verb-object)
- (figurative) to have one's jaws drop (often in a bad way); to be surprised or astonished; to be dumbfounded