潦倒

潦倒

Chinese

		flooded; heavy rain	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
simp. and trad. (潦倒)		潦	倒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáodǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ dou²
• Min Nan (POJ): liáu-tó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liáodǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaudao
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ dou²
    • Yale: lóuh dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dou²
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-tó
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'doir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/

Adjective

潦倒

1. down on one's luck; to be on the rocks; frustrated; hapless and dejected