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糟蹋

糟蹋

See also: 蹧蹋

Chinese

		dregs; to waste; spoil	step on
trad. (糟蹋/蹧蹋)		糟/蹧	蹋
simp. (糟蹋)		糟	蹋
alt. forms		糟踏蹧塌

Verb

糟蹋

to waste; to ruin
to damage; to trample on; to ravage
to insult; to abuse; to humiliate
to defile (a woman); to rape

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zāotà

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠㄊㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou¹ daap⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chau-that / chiau-that

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zāotà → zāota (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠㄊㄚˋ → ㄗㄠㄊㄚ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzau.tah
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰa̠⁵¹/ → /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰa̠²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou¹ daap⁶
  - Yale: jōu daahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou¹ daap⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯⁵⁵ tɑːp̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-that
  - Tâi-lô: tsau-that
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zau'tad
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʊ³³ tʰat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saʊ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau-that
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau-that
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciau'tad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰat̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰat̚³²/