打頭炮

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
trad. (打頭炮)		打	頭炮
simp. (打头炮)		打	头炮
Literally: “to fire the first shot”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎtóupào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² tau⁴ paau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎtóupào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎtóupào
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-tʻou²-pʻao⁴
    • Yale: dǎ-tóu-pàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatourpaw
    • Palladius: датоупао (datoupao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² tau⁴ paau³
    • Yale: dá tàuh paau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² tau⁴ paau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² teo⁴ pao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ pʰaːu̯³³/

Verb

打頭炮

1. (figuratively) to be the first to speak or act