上吐下瀉

上吐下瀉

See also: 上吐下泻

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	vomit; to spit	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to flow (out) swiftly; diarrhea
trad. (上吐下瀉)		上	吐	下	瀉
simp. (上吐下泻)		上	吐	下	泻
Literally: “vomiting above, diarrhoea below”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngtùxiàxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ tou³ haa⁶ se³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngtùxiàxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtuhshiahshieh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ tou³ haa⁶ se³
    • Yale: seuhng tou hah se
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ tou³ haa⁶ se³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ tou³ ha⁶ sé³
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² tʰou̯³³ häː²² sɛː³³/

Idiom

上吐下瀉

1. (medicine) to suffer from both vomiting and diarrhoea