打水漂

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	ducks and drakes
trad. (打水漂)		打	水漂
simp. #(打水漂)		打	水漂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ shuǐpiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ shuǐpiāo [Phonetic: dáshuǐpiāo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ shuěipiao
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ shui³-pʻiao¹
    • Yale: dǎ shwěi-pyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa shoeipiau
    • Palladius: да шуйпяо (da šujpjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎshuǐpiāor [Phonetic: dáshuǐpiāor]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄠㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎshuěipiaor
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-shui³-pʻiao¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: dǎ-shwěi-pyāur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daashoeipiaul
    • Palladius: дашуйпяор (dašujpjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/

Verb

打水漂

1. (original meaning) to play ducks and drakes
2. (figurative) to waste (a large amount of money); to squander; to lose entirely