摔跤

Chinese

		throw on ground; to fall	bones of leg; wrestle
simp. and trad. (摔跤)		摔	跤
alternative forms		摔交

摔跤手: a wrestler

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāijiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seot¹ gaau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāijiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuaijiao
    • Wade–Giles: shuai¹-chiao¹
    • Yale: shwāi-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuaijiau
    • Palladius: шуайцзяо (šuajczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seot¹ gaau¹
    • Yale: sēut gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soet⁷ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêd¹ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵt̚⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

摔跤

1. to fall down; to be tripped over; to trip and fall

   摔了一跤  ―  shuāi le yī jiāo  ―  to trip and fall (once)

2. (sports) to wrestle
3. (figurative) to trip up; to suffer a setback

Noun

摔跤

1. (sports) wrestling

Synonyms

• (wrestling): 摔角 (shuāijiǎo)