打水漂

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	ducks and drakes
trad. (打水漂)		打	水漂
simp. ^#(打水漂)		打	水漂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎ shuǐpiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ shuǐpiāo [Phonetic: dáshuǐpiāo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ shuěipiao
  - Wade–Giles: ta³ shui³-pʻiao¹
  - Yale: dǎ shwěi-pyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa shoeipiau
  - Palladius: да шуйпяо (da šujpjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎshuǐpiāor [Phonetic: dáshuǐpiāor]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎshuěipiaor
  - Wade–Giles: ta³-shui³-pʻiao¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: dǎ-shwěi-pyāur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daashoeipiaul
  - Palladius: дашуйпяор (dašujpjaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/

Verb

打水漂

(original meaning) to play ducks and drakes
(figurative) to waste (a large amount of money); to squander; to lose entirely

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