打頭炮

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
trad. (打頭炮)		打	頭炮
simp. (打头炮)		打	头炮
Literally: “to fire the first shot”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎtóupào

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² tau⁴ paau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎtóupào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatourpaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² tau⁴ paau³
  - Yale: dá tàuh paau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² tau⁴ paau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² teo⁴ pao³
  - IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ pʰaːu̯³³/

Verb

打頭炮

(figuratively) to be the first to speak or act

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