一敗塗地

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	be defeated; to defeat; loss	to smear; daub	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (一敗塗地)		一	敗	塗	地
simp. (一败涂地)		一	败	涂	地
Literally: “failed and wiped over the floor”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yībàitúdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ baai⁶ tou⁴ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yībàitúdì [Phonetic: yíbàitúdì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yibàitúdì
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-pai⁴-tʻu²-ti⁴
    • Yale: yī-bài-tú-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibaytwudih
    • Palladius: ибайтуди (ibajtudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ baai⁶ tou⁴ dei⁶
    • Yale: yāt baaih tòuh deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ baai⁶ tou⁴ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bai⁶ tou⁴ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ paːi̯²² tʰou̯²¹ tei̯²²/

Idiom

一敗塗地

1. to suffer a crushing defeat