嚴刑拷打

Chinese

		cruel punishment; torture	to beat; to torture
trad. (嚴刑拷打)		嚴刑	拷打
simp. (严刑拷打)		严刑	拷打

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánxíngkǎodǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄠˇ ㄉㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ jing⁴ haau¹ daa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánxíngkǎodǎ [Phonetic: yánxíngkáodǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄠˇ ㄉㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánsíngkǎodǎ
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-hsing²-kʻao³-ta³
    • Yale: yán-syíng-kǎu-dǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshyngkaodaa
    • Palladius: яньсинкаода (janʹsinkaoda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ jing⁴ haau¹ daa²
    • Yale: yìhm yìhng hāau dá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ jing⁴ haau¹ daa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ ying⁴ hao¹ da²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ jɪŋ²¹ haːu̯⁵⁵ taː³⁵/

Idiom

嚴刑拷打

1. to cruelly torture; to cruelly beat up