蹉跎
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cuotuó
- Wade–Giles: tsʻo1-tʻo2
- Yale: tswō-twó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuotwo
- Palladius: цото (coto)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: co1 to4
- Yale: chō tòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tso1 to4
- Guangdong Romanization: co1 to4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ tʰɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho-tô
- Tâi-lô: tsho-tô
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhoi'dooi
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴⁻²² to²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Middle Chinese: tsha da
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlaːl l'aːl/
Verb
蹉跎
- (literary) to slip and fall; to miss one's step
- 夫賢聖歿而大義分，蹉跎殊趨，各自開門。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
- Fú xiánshèng mò ér dàyì fēn, cuōtuó shū qū, gèzì kāimén. [Pinyin]
- The worthies and sages are dead, and their great doctrine has split up. Many new roads have been struck out, on which many people have stumbled.
夫贤圣殁而大义分，蹉跎殊趋，各自开门。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) to miss an opportunity
- (literary) to decline; to deteriorate; to degenerate
- (literary) to be frustrated; to be disheartened; to be disappointed
- to idle away the time; to waste time
Derived terms
Descendants
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