脫胎換骨

Chinese

		to emerge from the womb; to be born out of; to make bodiless lacquerware	change; exchange	bone
trad. (脫胎換骨)		脫胎	換	骨
simp. (脱胎换骨)		脱胎	换	骨
alternative forms		換骨脫胎／换骨脱胎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuōtāihuàngǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄊㄞㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tyut³ toi¹ wun⁶ gwat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuōtāihuàngǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄊㄞㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuotaihuàngǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-tʻai¹-huan⁴-ku³
  - Yale: twō-tāi-hwàn-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuotaihuannguu
  - Palladius: тотайхуаньгу (totajxuanʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tyut³ toi¹ wun⁶ gwat¹
  - Yale: tyut tōi wuhn gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tyt⁸ toi¹ wun⁶ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: tüd³ toi¹ wun⁶ gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːt̚³ tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵ wuːn²² kʷɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

脫胎換骨

(figurative) to completely reform oneself

Synonyms

抽胎換骨／抽胎换骨

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