地牢

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	firm; fast
trad. (地牢)		地	牢
simp. #(地牢)		地	牢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ lou⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-lò
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-lô / tōe-lô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìláo
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-lao²
    • Yale: dì-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihlau
    • Palladius: дилао (dilao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ lou⁴
    • Yale: deih lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² lou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-lò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti lo^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ lo²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ lo¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-lô
    • Tâi-lô: tē-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexlooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ lɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-lô
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexlooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ lo²⁴/

Noun

地牢

1. dungeon

   他們被人驅趕進入一個黑暗的地牢。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们被人驱赶进入一个黑暗的地牢。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen bèi rén qūgǎn jìnrù yī ge hēi'àn de dìláo. [Pinyin]

   They were driven into a dark dungeon.

2. (Cantonese) basement

Synonyms

• (basement): 地下室 (dìxiàshì), (Hong Kong) 地庫／地库