踢死兔
Chinese
| kick; play (football or soccer) | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
rabbit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (踢死兔) | 踢 | 死 | 兔 | |
| simp. #(踢死兔) | 踢 | 死 | 兔 | |
| Literally: “to kick a rabbit to death”. | ||||
Etymology
Humorous phono-semantic matching of English tuxedo.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tīsǐtù
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄙˇ ㄊㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tisǐhtù
- Wade–Giles: tʻi1-ssŭ3-tʻu4
- Yale: tī-sž-tù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tisyytuh
- Palladius: тисыту (tisytu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tek3 sei2 tou3
- Yale: tek séi tou
- Cantonese Pinyin: tek8 sei2 tou3
- Guangdong Romanization: tég3 séi2 tou3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɛːk̚³ sei̯³⁵ tʰou̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
踢死兔