墜地

See also: 坠地

Chinese

		fall	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (墜地)		墜	地
simp. (坠地)		坠	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuìdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ dei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tūi-tē / tūi-tōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuìdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuèidì
    • Wade–Giles: chui⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: jwèi-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jueydih
    • Palladius: чжуйди (čžujdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ dei⁶
    • Yale: jeuih deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² tei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tūi-tē
    • Tâi-lô: tuī-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duixde
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui³³⁻²¹ te³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tui²²⁻²¹ te²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tūi-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: tuī-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duixdoe
    • IPA (Taipei): /tui³³⁻¹¹ tue³³/

Verb

墜地

1. (literary) to fall to the ground; to drop
2. (of a baby) to be born

Derived terms

• 呱呱墜地／呱呱坠地 (gūgūzhuìdì)
• 天花墜地／天花坠地