窩打老

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (窩打老)		窩	打	老
simp. (窝打老)		窝	打	老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wōdǎlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ daa² lou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wōdǎlǎo [Phonetic: wōdálǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wodǎlǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Wo¹-ta³-lao³
  - Yale: Wō-dǎ-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uodaalao
  - Palladius: Водалао (Vodalao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo¹ daa² lou⁵
  - Yale: wō dá lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ daa² lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ da² lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ taː³⁵ lou̯¹³/

Proper noun

窩打老

(Cantonese) Alternative term for 滑鐵盧／滑铁卢 (Huátiělú, “Waterloo”).

Usage notes

Only used for place names in English-speaking countries and the Hong Kong main road, but not the place in Belgium and the sense of defeat.

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