Chinese[edit]
unruly; horizontal; acrossunruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)
knife
rob; snatch
to love; affection; to be fond ofto love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (橫刀奪愛)
橫
刀
奪
愛
simp. (横刀夺爱)
横
刀
夺
爱
Pronunciation[edit]
Mandarin
(Pinyin): héngdāoduó'ài
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄉㄠ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waang4 dou1 dyut6 oi3
Mandarin
(Standard Chinese)+
Hanyu Pinyin: héngdāoduó'ài
Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄉㄠ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄞˋ
Tongyong Pinyin: héngdaoduó-ài
Wade–Giles: hêng2-tao1-to2-ai4
Yale: héng-dāu-dwó-ài
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngdaudwoay
Palladius: хэндаодоай (xɛndaodoaj)
Sinological IPA (key): /xɤŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Jyutping: waang4 dou1 dyut6 oi3
Yale: wàahng dōu dyuht oi
Cantonese Pinyin: waang4 dou1 dyt9 oi3
Guangdong Romanization: wang4 dou1 düd6 oi3
Sinological IPA (key): /waːŋ²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ tyːt̚² ɔːi̯³³/
Idiom[edit]
橫刀奪愛
to rob somebody of something or someone they cherish
