潦倒

Chinese

		flooded; heavy rain	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
simp. and trad. (潦倒)		潦	倒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáodǎo, liǎodǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ, ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ dou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-tó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáodǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáodǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-tao³
    • Yale: lyáu-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaudao
    • Palladius: ляодао (ljaodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎodǎo [Phonetic: liáodǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎodǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liao³-tao³
    • Yale: lyǎu-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaudao
    • Palladius: ляодао (ljaodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ dou²
    • Yale: lóuh dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ tou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-tó
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'doir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: lawX tawX

Rime
Character	潦	倒
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧晧切	都晧切
Baxter	lawX	tawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑuX/	/tɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑuX/	/tɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑuX/	/tɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lawX/	/tawX/
Li Rong	/lɑuX/	/tɑuX/
Wang Li	/lɑuX/	/tɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑuX/	/tɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎo	dǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou5	dou2

Adjective

潦倒

1. down on one's luck; to be on the rocks; frustrated; hapless and dejected

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 塌斥