踢死兔

Chinese

		kick; play (football or soccer)	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	rabbit
trad. (踢死兔)		踢	死	兔
simp. #(踢死兔)		踢	死	兔
Literally: “to kick a rabbit to death”.

Etymology

Humorous phono-semantic matching of English tuxedo.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīsǐtù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ ㄙˇ ㄊㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tek³ sei² tou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīsǐtù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄙˇ ㄊㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tisǐhtù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi¹-ssŭ³-tʻu⁴
    • Yale: tī-sž-tù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tisyytuh
    • Palladius: тисыту (tisytu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tek³ sei² tou³
    • Yale: tek séi tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tek⁸ sei² tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tég³ séi² tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːk̚³ sei̯³⁵ tʰou̯³³/

Noun

踢死兔

1. (chiefly Cantonese) tuxedo