敗子回頭

Chinese

		spendthrift; wastrel	to turn round; to turn one's head back; to repent
trad. (敗子回頭)		敗子	回頭
simp. (败子回头)		败子	回头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàizǐhuítóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai⁶ zi² wui⁴ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàizǐhuítóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàizǐhhuéitóu
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-tzŭ³-hui²-tʻou²
    • Yale: bài-dž-hwéi-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baytzyyhweitour
    • Palladius: байцзыхуэйтоу (bajczyxuejtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai⁶ zi² wui⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: baaih jí wùih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai⁶ dzi² wui⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai⁶ ji² wui⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯²² t͡siː³⁵ wuːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

敗子回頭

1. return of the prodigal son