四腳朝天

Chinese

		four	role; foot; base	to look skyward; to look up; to face the sky
trad. (四腳朝天)		四	腳	朝天
simp. (四脚朝天)		四	脚	朝天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìjiǎocháotiān

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ goek³ ciu⁴ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìjiǎocháotiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhjiǎocháotian
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-chiao³-chʻao²-tʻien¹
  - Yale: sz̀-jyǎu-cháu-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjeauchaurtian
  - Palladius: сыцзяочаотянь (syczjaočaotjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ goek³ ciu⁴ tin¹
  - Yale: sei geuk chìuh tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ goek⁸ tsiu⁴ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ gêg³ qiu⁴ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ kœːk̚³ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

四腳朝天

to fall flat on one's back, with one's limbs in the air
(figurative, euphemistic) to die

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