頭破血流

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	blood	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (頭破血流)		頭	破	血	流
simp. (头破血流)		头	破	血	流
Literally: “head broken open and blood flowing (bleeding)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóupòxuèliú, tóupòxuěliú, tóupòxiěliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ, ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ, ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ po³ hyut³ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-phòa-hoeh-lâu / thâu-phòa-huih-lâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóupòxuèliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóupòsyuèlióu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pʻo⁴-hsüeh⁴-liu²
    • Yale: tóu-pwò-sywè-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourpohshiuehliou
    • Palladius: тоупосюэлю (touposjuelju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóupòxuěliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóupòsyuělióu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pʻo⁴-hsüeh³-liu²
    • Yale: tóu-pwò-sywě-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourpohsheueliou
    • Palladius: тоупосюэлю (touposjuelju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóupòxiěliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóupòsiělióu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pʻo⁴-hsieh³-liu²
    • Yale: tóu-pwò-syě-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourpohshieeliou
    • Palladius: тоупоселю (touposelju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ po³ hyut³ lau⁴
    • Yale: tàuh po hyut làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ po³ hyt⁸ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ po³ hüd³ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ pʰɔː³³ hyːt̚³ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-phòa-hoeh-lâu
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-phuà-hueh-lâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tauphoarhoehlaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lau²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-phòa-huih-lâu
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-phuà-huih-lâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tauphoarhuihlaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lau²⁴/

Idiom

頭破血流

1. bloodied and bruised

   打得頭破血流／打得头破血流  ―  dǎdé tóupòxuèliú  ―  beaten to a pulp