不倒翁
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Chinese
| elderly person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不倒翁) | 不倒 | 翁 | |
| simp. #(不倒翁) | 不倒 | 翁 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 dou2 jung1
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): bud5 dau3 vung1
- Eastern Min (BUC): bók-dō̤-ŭng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): put-tó-ong
- (Teochew, Peng'im): bug4 dao2 ong1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7peq-tau-on
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bu6 dau3 ngong1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùdǎowong
- Wade–Giles: pu4-tao3-wêng1
- Yale: bù-dǎu-wēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budaoueng
- Palladius: будаовэн (budaovɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wəŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 dou2 jung1
- Yale: bāt dóu yūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 dou2 jung1
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 dou2 yung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: bók-dō̤-ŭng
- Sinological IPA (key): /puʔ²⁴⁻²¹ to³³⁻²¹ uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tó-ong
- Tâi-lô: put-tó-ong
- Phofsit Daibuun: putdoyofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bug4 dao2 ong1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk táu ong
- Sinological IPA (key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ tau⁵²⁻³⁵ oŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
不倒翁
- (literal) roly-poly toy (a toy that rights itself when pushed over)
- (figurative) political survivor; irrepressible
Synonyms
- (roly-poly toy):