呱呱墜地

Chinese

		infant; baby	to fall to the ground; to drop; to be born
trad. (呱呱墜地)		呱呱	墜地
simp. (呱呱坠地)		呱呱	坠地
Literally: “to fall onto the ground crying”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūgūzhuìdì, wāwāzhuìdì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄍㄨㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ, ㄨㄚㄨㄚㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ gu¹ zeoi⁶ dei⁶, waa¹ waa¹ zeoi⁶ dei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gūgūzhuìdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄍㄨㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gugujhuèidì
  - Wade–Giles: ku¹-ku¹-chui⁴-ti⁴
  - Yale: gū-gū-jwèi-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gugujueydih
  - Palladius: гугучжуйди (gugučžujdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wāwāzhuìdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄨㄚㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wawajhuèidì
  - Wade–Giles: wa¹-wa¹-chui⁴-ti⁴
  - Yale: wā-wā-jwèi-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uauajueydih
  - Palladius: вавачжуйди (vavačžujdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ gu¹ zeoi⁶ dei⁶, waa¹ waa¹ zeoi⁶ dei⁶
  - Yale: gū gū jeuih deih, wā wā jeuih deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ gu¹ dzoey⁶ dei⁶, waa¹ waa¹ dzoey⁶ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ gu¹ zêu⁶ déi⁶, wa¹ wa¹ zêu⁶ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ kuː⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯²² tei̯²²/, /waː⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯²² tei̯²²/

Idiom

呱呱墜地

(of a baby) to be born

Synonyms

呱呱墮地／呱呱堕地 (gūgūduòdì)

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