頭破血流

Chinese

	head; (noun suffix)	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	blood	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (頭破血流)	頭	破	血	流
simp. (头破血流)	头	破	血	流
Literally: “head broken open and blood flowing (bleeding)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóupòxuèliú, tóupòxuěliú, tóupòxiěliú

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ, ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ, ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ po³ hyut³ lau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-phòa-hoeh-lâu / thâu-phòa-huih-lâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóupòxuèliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóupòsyuèlióu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pʻo⁴-hsüeh⁴-liu²
  - Yale: tóu-pwò-sywè-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourpohshiuehliou
  - Palladius: тоупосюэлю (touposjuelju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóupòxuěliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóupòsyuělióu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pʻo⁴-hsüeh³-liu²
  - Yale: tóu-pwò-sywě-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourpohsheueliou
  - Palladius: тоупосюэлю (touposjuelju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóupòxiěliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóupòsiělióu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pʻo⁴-hsieh³-liu²
  - Yale: tóu-pwò-syě-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourpohshieeliou
  - Palladius: тоупоселю (touposelju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ po³ hyut³ lau⁴
  - Yale: tàuh po hyut làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ po³ hyt⁸ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ po³ hüd³ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ pʰɔː³³ hyːt̚³ lɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-phòa-hoeh-lâu
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-phuà-hueh-lâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tauphoarhoehlaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lau²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-phòa-huih-lâu
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-phuà-huih-lâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tauphoarhuihlaau
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lau²⁴/

Idiom

頭破血流

bloodied and bruised
打得頭破血流／打得头破血流 ― dǎdé tóupòxuèliú ― beaten to a pulp