踢死兔

Chinese

		kick; play (football or soccer)	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	rabbit
simp. and trad. (踢死兔)		踢	死	兔
Literally: “to kick a rabbit to death”.

Etymology

Humorous phono-semantic matching of English tuxedo.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tīsǐtù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄙˇ ㄊㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tek³ sei² tou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tīsǐtù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄙˇ ㄊㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tisyytuh
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tek³ sei² tou³
  - Yale: tek séi tou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tek⁸ sei² tou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tég³ séi² tou³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːk̚³ sei̯³⁵ tʰou̯³³/

Noun

踢死兔

(chiefly Cantonese) tuxedo

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