到頭來

Chinese

		to reach the end; to come to an end	to come
trad. (到頭來)		到頭	來
simp. (到头来)		到头	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàotóulái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ tau⁴ loi⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): dau⁴ teu lai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàotóulái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàotóulái
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tʻou²-lai²
    • Yale: dàu-tóu-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtourlai
    • Palladius: даотоулай (daotoulaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàotóurlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàotóurlái
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh-lai²
    • Yale: dàu-tóur-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtourllai
    • Palladius: даотоурлай (daotourlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ tau⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: dou tàuh lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ tau⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ teo⁴ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: dau⁴ teu lai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵ tʰɛu² lai³⁵/

Adverb

到頭來

1. at the end of the day; in the end