壁咚
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Chinese
| wall; rampart | phonetic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (壁咚) |
壁 | 咚 | |
Etymology
The 壁 part is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 壁 (kabe).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bìdong
- Wade–Giles: pi4-tung1
- Yale: bì-dūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihdong
- Palladius: бидун (bidun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bik1 dung1
- Yale: bīk dūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: bik7 dung1
- Guangdong Romanization: big1 dung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɪk̚⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
壁咚
- (neologism, colloquial, usually of a man towards a woman) to put one's hand against a near wall (romantically or hostilely), creating a barrier with the arm and preventing someone from moving
Noun
壁咚
- (neologism, colloquial, usually of a man towards a woman) the act of putting one's hand against a near wall (romantically or hostilely), creating a barrier with the arm and preventing someone from moving