傾家蕩產

Chinese

		to exhaust one's family's financial resources
trad. (傾家蕩產/傾家盪產)		傾家	蕩產/盪產
simp. (倾家荡产)		倾家	荡产

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qīngjiādàngchǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄤˋ ㄔㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qun¹ jia¹ dang⁴ can³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): king¹ gaa¹ dong⁶ caan²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ken² ga¹ ong⁵ can²

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kuang¹ gê¹ dang⁶ suan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngjiādàngchǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄤˋ ㄔㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingjiadàngchǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chia¹-tang⁴-chʻan³
    • Yale: chīng-jyā-dàng-chǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjiadanqchaan
    • Palladius: цинцзяданчань (cinczjadančanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qun¹ jia¹ dang⁴ can³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kungiadangcan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵ t͡ɕia⁵⁵ taŋ²¹³ t͡sʰan⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king¹ gaa¹ dong⁶ caan²
    • Yale: kīng gā dohng cháan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king¹ gaa¹ dong⁶ tsaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: king¹ ga¹ dong⁶ can²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ tɔːŋ²² t͡sʰaːn³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ken² ga¹ ong⁵ can²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰen⁵⁵ ka³³ ɔŋ³² t͡sʰan⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuang¹ gê¹ dang⁶ suan²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuang ke tăng suáⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ³³⁻²³ ke³³⁻²³ taŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ sũã⁵²/

Idiom

傾家蕩產

1. to exhaust all of a family's financial resources; to break the bank; to bring a family to ruin