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倒米
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Chinese
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upset; turn over; to tip
upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
rice; metre
trad.
(
倒米
)
倒
米
simp.
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(
倒米
)
倒
米
Literally:
“to pour away rice”.
Pronunciation
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Cantonese
(
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
,
Jyutping
)
:
dou
2
mai
5
(
Taishan
,
Wiktionary
)
:
au
2
mai
2
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
dou
2
mai
5
Yale
:
dóu máih
Cantonese Pinyin
:
dou
2
mai
5
Guangdong Romanization
:
dou
2
mei
5
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/tou̯³⁵ mɐi̯¹³/
(
Taishanese
,
Taicheng
)
Wiktionary
:
au
2
mai
2
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/au⁵⁵ ᵐbai⁵⁵/
Verb
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倒米
(
Cantonese
)
to
ruin
a
business
倒米
壽星
/
倒米
寿星
[
Cantonese
]
―
dou
2
mai
5
sau
6
sing
1
[Jyutping]
― a person who wanted to help with something but eventually ruins it