五體投地

See also: 五体投地

Chinese

	five	body; form; style body; form; style; system	to throw; to send	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (五體投地)	五	體	投	地
simp. (五体投地)	五	体	投	地
Literally: “five body parts (both hands/elbows, both knees and head) touching the ground”.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔtǐtóudì [Phonetic: wútǐtóudì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔtǐtóudì
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-tʻi³-tʻou²-ti⁴
  - Yale: wǔ-tǐ-tóu-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutiitourdih
  - Palladius: утитоуди (utitoudi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶
  - Yale: ńgh tái tàuh deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ tei² teo⁴ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tei̯²²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ng-thi ⁶deu ⁶di; ⁵u-thi ⁶deu ⁶di
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ³hhngg-thi ³deu ³di; ²u-thi ³deu ³di
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²² tʰi³³ dɤ³³ di²³/, /u³³ tʰi³³ dɤ³³ di²³/

Note: Tone sandhi within chengyu often vary from person to person..

五體投地

(Buddhism) to prostrate oneself (as the highest form of worship)
to prostrate oneself before someone in admiration; to admire with the utmost sincerity
佩服得五體投地／佩服得五体投地 ― pèifú dé wǔtǐtóudì ― to admire with the utmost sincerity

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