踢死兔

踢死兔

Chinese

		kick; play (football or soccer)	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	rabbit
simp. and trad. (踢死兔)		踢	死	兔
Literally: “to kick a rabbit to death”.

Etymology

Humorous phono-semantic matching of English tuxedo.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīsǐtù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ ㄙˇ ㄊㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tek³ sei² tou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tīsǐtù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄙˇ ㄊㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tisyytuh
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tek³ sei² tou³
    • Yale: tek séi tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tek⁸ sei² tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tég³ séi² tou³
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːk̚³ sei̯³⁵ tʰou̯³³/

Noun

踢死兔

1. (chiefly Cantonese) tuxedo