滑鐵盧

滑鐵盧

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (滑鐵盧)		滑	鐵	盧
simp. (滑铁卢)		滑	铁	卢

Etymology

Borrowed from English Waterloo, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huátiělú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶ tit³ lou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): Ku̍t-thih-lô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Huátiělú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwatiielu
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat⁶ tit³ lou⁴
    • Yale: waaht tit lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹ tit⁸ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶ tid³ lou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wäːt̚² tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ku̍t-thih-lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: Ku̍t-thih-lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kudtihloo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚²⁴⁻²² tʰi(ʔ)⁵ lɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lɔ²³/

Proper noun

滑鐵盧

1. Waterloo (in various countries, especially the city in Belgium)

Noun

滑鐵盧

1. (figuratively) defeat; disastrous defeat

   慘遭滑鐵盧 / 惨遭滑铁卢  ―  cǎnzāo huátiělú  ―  to suffer a crushing defeat

Verb

滑鐵盧

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to suffer a disastrous defeat