完蛋

Chinese

		to finish; to be over; whole to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire	egg; oval shaped
simp. and trad. (完蛋)		完	蛋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wándàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ daan^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oân-tàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wándàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wándàn
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-tan⁴
    • Yale: wán-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wandann
    • Palladius: ваньдань (vanʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ daan^6-2
    • Yale: yùhn dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ daan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ dan^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ taːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oân-tàn
    • Tâi-lô: uân-tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oandaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan²⁴⁻²² tan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan²⁴⁻²² tan²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan¹³⁻²² tan²¹/

Verb

完蛋

1. (colloquial) be done for; be finished or destroyed; gone for the dogs; curtains (for someone)

   你要是把這件事兒說出去，咱們倆都完蛋。 [MSC, trad.]
   你要是把这件事儿说出去，咱们俩都完蛋。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yàoshi bǎ zhè jiàn shìr shuō chūqù, zánmen liǎ dōu wándàn. [Pinyin]

   If you tell people what we did, both of us will be done for.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 玩完 (waan4-2 jyun4)
• (Northeastern Mandarin) 完犢子／完犊子 (wándúzi)