潦倒

Chinese

		flooded; heavy rain	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
simp. and trad. (潦倒)		潦	倒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáodǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ dou²
Min Nan (POJ): liáu-tó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liáodǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaudao
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ dou²
  - Yale: lóuh dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dou²
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-tó
  - Tâi-lô: liáu-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'doir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/

Adjective

潦倒

down on one's luck; to be on the rocks; frustrated; hapless and dejected

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