倒塌

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Chinese

		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	collapse
trad. (倒塌)		倒	塌
simp. ^#(倒塌)		倒	塌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎotā

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄊㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² taap³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tò-thap

(Teochew, Peng'im): do² tab⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎotā
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄊㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎota
  - Wade–Giles: tao³-tʻa¹
  - Yale: dǎu-tā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daota
  - Palladius: даота (daota)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou² taap³
  - Yale: dóu taap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou² taap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou² tab³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ tʰaːp̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò-thap
  - Tâi-lô: tò-thap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doirtab
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰap̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰap̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰap̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰap̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: do² tab⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tó tha̍p
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰap̚⁴/

Verb

倒塌

(of a structure) to collapse; to fall
柏林牆倒塌／柏林墙倒塌 ― bǎilínqiáng dǎotā ― Fall of the Berlin Wall

轟隆一聲巨響，房子倒塌下來。 [MSC, trad.]
轰隆一声巨响，房子倒塌下来。 [MSC, simp.]
Hōnglōng yī shēng jùxiǎng, fángzi dǎotā xiàlái.
The house collapsed with a thundering sound.

Synonyms

倒冧 (dou² lam³) (Cantonese)
傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù)
凹陷 (āoxiàn)
坍塌 (tāntā)
垮 (kuǎ)
垮臺／垮台 (kuǎtái) (figurative)
塌 (tā)
塌方 (tāfāng)
塌臺／塌台 (tātái) (figurative)
塌落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
塌頭／塌头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
崩坍 (bēngtān)
崩塌 (bēngtā)
崩敗／崩败 (Hokkien, Teochew)
崩潰／崩溃 (bēngkuì)
崩裂 (bēngliè)
崩陷 (Hokkien, literary)
瓦解 (wǎjiě)
窞肚 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
解體／解体 (jiětǐ)
陷落 (xiànluò)

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