涕泗滂沱

涕泗滂沱

Chinese

		tears and mucus	pouring; torrential; raining heavily
simp. and trad. (涕泗滂沱)		涕泗	滂沱
variant forms		涕泗滂沲
Literally: “streaming tears and running nose”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tìsìpāngtuó, tìsìpángtuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤ ㄊㄨㄛˊ, ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ si³ pong⁴ to⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tìsìpāngtuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihsyhpangtwo
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: tìsìpángtuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihsyhparngtwo
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹ pʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai³ si³ pong⁴ to⁴
    • Yale: tai si pòhng tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ si³ pong⁴ to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei³ xi³ pong⁴ to⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ siː³³ pʰɔːŋ²¹ tʰɔː²¹/

Idiom

涕泗滂沱

1. to weep profusely