吞吞吐吐

Chinese

		to swallow; to take	to swallow; to take	vomit; to spit	vomit; to spit
simp. and trad. (吞吞吐吐)		吞	吞	吐	吐
AABB-type reduplication of 吞吐 (tūntǔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tūntūntǔtǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣㄊㄨㄣㄊㄨˇ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tan¹ tan¹ tou³ tou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tūntūntǔtǔ [Phonetic: tūntūntútǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣㄊㄨㄣㄊㄨˇ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuntuntǔtǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻun¹-tʻun¹-tʻu³-tʻu³
  - Yale: twūn-twūn-tǔ-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuentuentuutuu
  - Palladius: туньтуньтуту (tunʹtunʹtutu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tan¹ tan¹ tou³ tou³
  - Yale: tān tān tou tou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tan¹ tan¹ tou³ tou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ten¹ ten¹ tou³ tou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐn⁵⁵ tʰou̯³³ tʰou̯³³/

Verb

吞吞吐吐

to mutter and mumble; to hum and haw; to stumble over one's words; to speak in a halting way
他說話吞吞吐吐。／他说话吞吞吐吐。 ― Tā shuōhuà tūntūntǔtǔ. ― He mutters and mumbles when he speaks.

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