敗子回頭

Chinese

		spendthrift; wastrel	to turn round; to turn one's head back; to repent
trad. (敗子回頭)		敗子	回頭
simp. (败子回头)		败子	回头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàizǐhuítóu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baai⁶ zi² wui⁴ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàizǐhuítóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàizǐhhuéitóu
  - Wade–Giles: pai⁴-tzŭ³-hui²-tʻou²
  - Yale: bài-dž-hwéi-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baytzyyhweitour
  - Palladius: байцзыхуэйтоу (bajczyxuejtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baai⁶ zi² wui⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: baaih jí wùih tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baai⁶ dzi² wui⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bai⁶ ji² wui⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯²² t͡siː³⁵ wuːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

敗子回頭

return of the prodigal son

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