挖牆腳

See also: 挖墙脚

Chinese

	to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	foot of a wall; foundation; backbone
trad. (挖牆腳)	挖	牆腳
simp. (挖墙脚)	挖	墙脚
alternative forms	挖牆跤／挖墙跤 Hokkien 挖牆骹／挖墙骹 Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wā qiángjiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³ coeng⁴ goek³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa chhiûⁿ-kha / ó͘ chhiûⁿ-kha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wā qiángjiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wa ciángjiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: wa¹ chʻiang²-chiao³
  - Yale: wā chyáng-jyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua chyangjeau
  - Palladius: ва цянцзяо (va cjanczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wāqiángjiǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: waciángjiǎor
  - Wade–Giles: wa¹-chʻiang²-chiao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: wā-chyáng-jyǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uachyangjeaul
  - Palladius: вацянцзяор (vacjanczjaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waat³ coeng⁴ goek³
  - Yale: waat chèuhng geuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸ tsoeng⁴ goek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wad³ cêng⁴ gêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kœːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa chhiûⁿ-kha
  - Tâi-lô: ua tshiûnn-kha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaf chviu'qaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ó͘ chhiûⁿ-kha
  - Tâi-lô: óo tshiûnn-kha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: or chviu'qaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/

Verb

挖⫽牆腳 (verb-object)

to pull the rug out from under someone
to steal an organisation's key member or someone's lover

Synonyms

(to steal someone): (Cantonese) 撬牆腳／撬墙脚

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