四腳朝天

Chinese

		four	role; foot; base	to look skyward; to look up; to face the sky
trad. (四腳朝天)		四	腳	朝天
simp. (四脚朝天)		四	脚	朝天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìjiǎocháotiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ goek³ ciu⁴ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìjiǎocháotiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhjiǎocháotian
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-chiao³-chʻao²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: sz̀-jyǎu-cháu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjeauchaurtian
    • Palladius: сыцзяочаотянь (syczjaočaotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ goek³ ciu⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: sei geuk chìuh tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ goek⁸ tsiu⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ gêg³ qiu⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ kœːk̚³ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

四腳朝天

1. to fall flat on one's back, with one's limbs in the air
2. (figurative, euphemistic) to die