投胎

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Chinese

		to throw; to send	fetus; litter
trad. (投胎)		投	胎
simp. ^#(投胎)		投	胎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóutāi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ toi¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tâu-thai

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ to¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóutāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóutai
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-tʻai¹
  - Yale: tóu-tāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtai
  - Palladius: тоутай (toutaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ toi¹
  - Yale: tàuh tōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ toi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ toi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    頭胎 / 头胎
    投胎
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-thai
  - Tâi-lô: tâu-thai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dau'tay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² tʰai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² tʰai³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² tʰai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ tʰai⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao⁵ to¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu tho
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰo³³/

Verb

投胎

to be reincarnated
趕著去投胎嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
赶着去投胎吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Gǎn zhe qù tóutāi ma?
What's the hurry? (Used when one sees someone driving fast and recklessly) (literally, “Are you hurrying to get reincarnated?”)

Synonyms

投生 (tóushēng)

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