"徹頭徹尾" meaning in Chinese

See 徹頭徹尾 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiːt̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³ mei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Tainan, IPA], /tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ bue⁵²⁻²¹/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 彻头彻尾 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 徹頭徹尾
  1. thoroughgoing; through and through Tags: idiomatic
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    {
      "form": "彻头彻尾",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "徹頭徹尾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hokkien chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Teochew chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              57
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "This incident was completely a riot.",
          "ref": "2016 February 9, 旺角事件屬暴亂 莫以藉口作掩飾, spoken by 林鄭月娥 [Carrie Lam], 政府新聞處 [Information Services Department]:",
          "roman": "nei¹ jat¹ gin⁶ si⁶ ne¹, hai⁶ jat¹ go³ cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵ ge³ bou⁶ lyun⁶ ge³ si⁶ gin⁶⁻².",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "呢一件事呢,係一個徹頭徹尾嘅暴亂嘅事件。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              57
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "This incident was completely a riot.",
          "ref": "2016 February 9, 旺角事件屬暴亂 莫以藉口作掩飾, spoken by 林鄭月娥 [Carrie Lam], 政府新聞處 [Information Services Department]:",
          "roman": "nei¹ jat¹ gin⁶ si⁶ ne¹, hai⁶ jat¹ go³ cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵ ge³ bou⁶ lyun⁶ ge³ si⁶ gin⁶⁻².",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "呢一件事呢,系一个彻头彻尾嘅暴乱嘅事件。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thoroughgoing; through and through"
      ],
      "id": "en-徹頭徹尾-zh-phrase-r~ooWqb0",
      "links": [
        [
          "thoroughgoing",
          "thoroughgoing"
        ],
        [
          "through and through",
          "through and through"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chètóuchèwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄜˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thiat-thâu-thiat-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiag⁴ tao⁵ tiag⁴ bhuê²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chètóuchèwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄜˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chètóuchèwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻê⁴-tʻou²-chʻê⁴-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chè-tóu-chè-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chehtourchehwoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čɛtoučɛvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чэтоучэвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chit tàuh chit méih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsit⁸ tau⁴ tsit⁸ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qid³ teo⁴ qid³ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːt̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³ mei̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thiat-thâu-thiat-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thiat-thâu-thiat-bué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiattau'tiatboea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiag⁴ tao⁵ tiag⁴ bhuê²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thiak thâu thiak bué"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ bue⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "徹頭徹尾"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "彻头彻尾",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "徹頭徹尾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with quotations",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 尾",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 徹",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew chengyu",
        "Teochew idioms",
        "Teochew lemmas"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              57
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "This incident was completely a riot.",
          "ref": "2016 February 9, 旺角事件屬暴亂 莫以藉口作掩飾, spoken by 林鄭月娥 [Carrie Lam], 政府新聞處 [Information Services Department]:",
          "roman": "nei¹ jat¹ gin⁶ si⁶ ne¹, hai⁶ jat¹ go³ cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵ ge³ bou⁶ lyun⁶ ge³ si⁶ gin⁶⁻².",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "呢一件事呢,係一個徹頭徹尾嘅暴亂嘅事件。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              57
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "This incident was completely a riot.",
          "ref": "2016 February 9, 旺角事件屬暴亂 莫以藉口作掩飾, spoken by 林鄭月娥 [Carrie Lam], 政府新聞處 [Information Services Department]:",
          "roman": "nei¹ jat¹ gin⁶ si⁶ ne¹, hai⁶ jat¹ go³ cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵ ge³ bou⁶ lyun⁶ ge³ si⁶ gin⁶⁻².",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "呢一件事呢,系一个彻头彻尾嘅暴乱嘅事件。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thoroughgoing; through and through"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thoroughgoing",
          "thoroughgoing"
        ],
        [
          "through and through",
          "through and through"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chètóuchèwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄜˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thiat-thâu-thiat-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiag⁴ tao⁵ tiag⁴ bhuê²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chètóuchèwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄜˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chètóuchèwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻê⁴-tʻou²-chʻê⁴-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chè-tóu-chè-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chehtourchehwoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čɛtoučɛvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чэтоучэвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cit³ tau⁴ cit³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chit tàuh chit méih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsit⁸ tau⁴ tsit⁸ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qid³ teo⁴ qid³ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːt̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³ mei̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thiat-thâu-thiat-bóe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thiat-thâu-thiat-bué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiattau'tiatboea"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiag⁴ tao⁵ tiag⁴ bhuê²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thiak thâu thiak bué"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ bue⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "徹頭徹尾"
}

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