不倒翁

Chinese

		not; no	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	elderly person
simp. and trad. (不倒翁)		不	倒	翁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùdǎowēng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dou² jung¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): bud⁵ dau³ vung¹
Min Dong (BUC): bók-dō̤-ŭng
Min Nan (POJ): put-tó-ong
Wu (Wiktionary): peq tau on (T4)
Xiang (Wiktionary): bu⁶ dau³ ngong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùdǎowēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budaoueng
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯əŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ dou² jung¹
  - Yale: bāt dóu yūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dou² jung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dou² yung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bud⁵ dau³ vung¹
  - IPA: /put̚¹ tau³¹ ʋʊŋ⁴⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bók-dō̤-ŭng
  - IPA ^(key): /puʔ²⁴⁻²¹ to³³⁻²¹ uŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tó-ong
  - Tâi-lô: put-tó-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putdoyofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: peq tau on (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /pəʔ³³ tɔ⁵⁵ ʊŋ²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bu⁶ dau³ ngong¹
  - IPA ^(key) (old-style): /pu²⁴ tɒu⁴¹ ŋʊŋ³³/
  - IPA ^(key) (new-style): /pu²⁴ tɒu⁴¹ ŋən³³/

Noun

不倒翁

roly-poly toy (a toy that rights itself when pushed over)
(figuratively) political survivor; irrepressible

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不倒翁 (“roly-poly toy”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不倒翁
Mandarin	Beijing	扳不倒兒
	Taiwan	不倒翁
	Harbin	扳不倒兒
	Hailar	扳不倒
	Ulanhot	扳不倒
	Tongliao	扳不倒
	Chifeng	不倒翁
	Bayanhot	不倒翁
	Jinan	拔不倒子
	Muping	扳不倒兒, 不倒翁
	Luoyang	不倒翁, 扳不倒
	Wanrong	扳不倒
	Xi'an	不倒翁
	Zhengzhou	不倒翁
	Xining	扳不倒兒, 不倒翁
	Xuzhou	扳不倒兒, 不倒翁
	Yinchuan	不倒翁
	Lanzhou	不倒公
	Ürümqi	扳不倒兒
	Wuhan	扳不倒
	Chengdu	不倒翁
	Guiyang	不倒翁
	Liuzhou	不倒翁
	Yangzhou	扳別倒子
	Nanjing	不倒翁, 扳不倒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	不倒翁
Cantonese	Dongguan	不倒翁
Gan	Lichuan	不倒翁
Hakka	Meixian	不倒翁
	Yudu	八倒翁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿不倒
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿不倒
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿不倒
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿不倒
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	阿不倒
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿不倒
Huizhou	Jixi	不倒翁
Jin	Taiyuan	扳不倒兒
	Xinzhou	扳不倒兒
	Baochang	不倒翁
	Jining	不倒翁
	Hohhot	扳不倒
	Baotou	不倒翁
	Dongsheng	不倒翁
	Linhe	不倒翁
	Haibowan	不倒翁
Min Bei	Jian'ou	空不倒
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿不倒
	Zhangzhou	阿不倒, 阿不倒仔
	Taipei	阿不倒
	Kaohsiung	阿不倒仔
	Tainan	阿不倒仔
	Taichung	阿不倒
	Hsinchu	阿不倒仔
	Lukang	阿不倒
	Sanxia	阿不倒仔
	Yilan	阿不倒仔
	Kinmen	阿不倒
	Magong	阿不倒
	Haikou	不倒翁
Pinghua	Nanning	不倒翁
Wu	Shanghai	勃勿倒, 不倒翁, 跌勿倒
	Suzhou	勃勿倒
	Hangzhou	不倒翁, 跋不倒兒
	Wenzhou	打不倒兒
	Chongming	不倒翁
	Danyang	弗倒翁
	Jinhua	𨀤不倒兒
	Ningbo	不倒翁
Xiang	Changsha	不倒翁

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