吊車尾

Chinese

		to hang; to suspend	rear of a vehicle
trad. (吊車尾)		吊	車尾
simp. (吊车尾)		吊	车尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàochēwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄜ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu³ ce¹ mei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiau-chhâ-mî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiàu-chhia-bóe / tiàu-chhia-bé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàochēwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄜ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàochewěi
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-chʻê¹-wei³
    • Yale: dyàu-chē-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawchewoei
    • Palladius: дяочэвэй (djaočɛvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu³ ce¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: diu chē méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu³ tse¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu³ cé¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiau-chhâ-mî
    • Hakka Romanization System: diau ca^ˊ mi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: diau⁴ ca¹ mi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ mi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu-chhia-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: tiàu-tshia-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaochia'boea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ bue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu-chhia-bé
    • Tâi-lô: tiàu-tshia-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaochia'bea
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁵³/

Verb

吊⫽車尾 (verb-object)

1. to be in last place; to rank at the bottom of the list

   • 讀書吊車尾　忽然有一天　合唱團老師講我唱歌滿有樣式 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     读书吊车尾　忽然有一天　合唱团老师讲我唱歌满有样式 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 2015, 羅文裕 (Wing), 關於我和你

     thu̍k-sû tiau-chhâ-mî, fut-yàn yû yit ngit, ha̍p-chhong-thòn sîn-sâng kóng ngài chhong-kô he yû yong-sṳt [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     I was at the bottom of the class in school; but suddenly, one day, my choir teacher said my singing had a style

2. (Taiwan, humorous) to barely pass an entrance exam; to be admitted with a score close to the minimum