挖牆腳
See also: 挖墙脚
Chinese
editto dig; to excavate; to scoop out | foot of a wall; foundation; backbone | ||
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trad. (挖牆腳) | 挖 | 牆腳 | |
simp. (挖墙脚) | 挖 | 墙脚 | |
alternative forms | 挖牆跤/挖墙跤 Hokkien 挖牆骹/挖墙骹 Hokkien |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): waat3 coeng4 goek3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa chhiûⁿ-kha / ó͘ chhiûⁿ-kha
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wa ciángjiǎo
- Wade–Giles: wa1 chʻiang2-chiao3
- Yale: wā chyáng-jyǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua chyangjeau
- Palladius: ва цянцзяо (va cjanczjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: waciángjiǎor
- Wade–Giles: wa1-chʻiang2-chiao3-ʼrh
- Yale: wā-chyáng-jyǎur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uachyangjeaul
- Palladius: вацянцзяор (vacjanczjaor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: waat3 coeng4 goek3
- Yale: waat chèuhng geuk
- Cantonese Pinyin: waat8 tsoeng4 goek8
- Guangdong Romanization: wad3 cêng4 gêg3
- Sinological IPA (key): /waːt̚³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kœːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa chhiûⁿ-kha
- Tâi-lô: ua tshiûnn-kha
- Phofsit Daibuun: oaf chviu'qaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ó͘ chhiûⁿ-kha
- Tâi-lô: óo tshiûnn-kha
- Phofsit Daibuun: or chviu'qaf
- IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Verb
edit挖⫽牆腳 (verb-object)
- to pull the rug out from under someone
- to steal an organisation's key member or someone's lover