滑鐵盧

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (滑鐵盧)		滑	鐵	盧
simp. (滑铁卢)		滑	铁	卢

Etymology

Borrowed from English Waterloo, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huátiělú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶ tit³ lou⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Ku̍t-thih-lô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Huátiělú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwatiielu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waat⁶ tit³ lou⁴
  - Yale: waaht tit lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹ tit⁸ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶ tid³ lou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wäːt̚² tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ku̍t-thih-lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: Ku̍t-thih-lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kudtihloo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚²⁴⁻²² tʰi(ʔ)⁵ lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lɔ²³/

Proper noun

滑鐵盧

Waterloo (in various countries, especially the city in Belgium)

Noun

滑鐵盧

(figuratively) defeat; disastrous defeat
慘遭滑鐵盧 / 惨遭滑铁卢 ― cǎnzāo huátiělú ― to suffer a crushing defeat

Verb

滑鐵盧

(chiefly Cantonese) to suffer a disastrous defeat

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