拖垮

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	collapse
trad. (拖垮)		拖	垮
simp. ^#(拖垮)		拖	垮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuōkuǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄎㄨㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ kwaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuōkuǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄎㄨㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuokuǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-kʻua³
  - Yale: twō-kwǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuokoa
  - Palladius: токуа (tokua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: to¹ kwaa¹
  - Yale: tō kwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ kwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: to¹ kua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ kʷʰaː⁵⁵/

Verb

拖垮

to drag down; to drag or force (someone) into a bad situation or condition
to tire out; to exhaust
- 但是如果掌控得不好，打工也會耽誤學業，而且打工時間過長還有可能拖垮身體。 [MSC, trad.]
  但是如果掌控得不好，打工也会耽误学业，而且打工时间过长还有可能拖垮身体。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2018 July 19, 学子海外兼职打工秘籍, People's Daily Online
  Dànshì rúguǒ zhǎngkòng dé bùhǎo, dǎgōng yě huì dānwù xuéyè, érqiě dǎgōng shíjiān guò cháng hái yǒu kěnéng tuōkuǎ shēntǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)

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