拉倒

Chinese

		to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	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
simp. and trad. (拉倒)		拉	倒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lādǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ dou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la-tó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lādǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ladǎo
    • Wade–Giles: la¹-tao³
    • Yale: lā-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhadao
    • Palladius: ладао (ladao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai¹ dou²
    • Yale: lāai dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai¹ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la-tó
    • Tâi-lô: la-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: la'doir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /la³³ to⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /la⁴⁴⁻²² to⁵³/

Verb

拉倒

1. (colloquial) forget about it; leave it at that; drop it

   Synonym: 算了 (suànle)

   拉倒吧，朕的大清都亡了，說這些有什麼用？ [MSC, trad.]
   拉倒吧，朕的大清都亡了，说这些有什么用？ [MSC, simp.]

   Lādǎo ba, zhèn de dàqīng dōu wáng le, shuō zhèxiē yǒu shénme yòng? [Pinyin]

   Forget it, my Qing empire is already overthrown, what's the point of saying these? (from a meme featuring Puyi)

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 拉,‎ 倒: to tip over by pulling