吐痰

Chinese

		vomit; to spit	phlegm; spittle
trad. (吐痰)		吐	痰
simp. #(吐痰)		吐	痰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔtán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔtán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔtán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-tʻan²
    • Yale: tǔ-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuutarn
    • Palladius: тутань (tutanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ taam⁴
    • Yale: tou tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ tʰaːm²¹/

Verb

吐⫽痰 (verb-object)

1. to spit; to expectorate (to evacuate phlegm from the mouth)

   不得隨地吐痰。 [MSC, trad.]
   不得随地吐痰。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùdé suídì tǔtán. [Pinyin]

   No spitting.

Synonyms

• 吐口水 (tǔ kǒushuǐ)
• 呸瀾／呸澜 (Hokkien)
• 呸痰 (Hokkien)
• 咯呸 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 咯痰 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 𦧲口水 (loe1 hau2 seoi2) (Cantonese)