五體投地

See also: 五体投地

Chinese

		five	body; form; style body; form; style; system	to throw; to send	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (五體投地)		五	體	投	地
simp. (五体投地)		五	体	投	地
Literally: “five body parts (both hands/elbows, both knees and head) touching the ground”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔtǐtóudì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ng-thi ⁶deu ⁶di; ⁵u-thi ⁶deu ⁶di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔtǐtóudì [Phonetic: wútǐtóudì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔtǐtóudì
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-tʻi³-tʻou²-ti⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-tǐ-tóu-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutiitourdih
    • Palladius: утитоуди (utitoudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶
    • Yale: ńgh tái tàuh deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ tei² teo⁴ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tei̯²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ng-thi ⁶deu ⁶di; ⁵u-thi ⁶deu ⁶di
    • MiniDict: ng^去 thi deu^去 di^去; u^去 thi deu^去 di^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhngg-thi ³deu ³di; ²u-thi ³deu ³di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋ̍²² tʰi³³  dɤ³³  di²³/, /u³³ tʰi³³  dɤ³³  di²³/

Note: Tone sandhi within chengyu often vary from person to person..

Idiom

五體投地

1. (Buddhism) to prostrate oneself (as the highest form of worship)
2. to prostrate oneself before someone in admiration; to admire with the utmost sincerity

   佩服得五體投地／佩服得五体投地  ―  pèifú dé wǔtǐtóudì  ―  to admire with the utmost sincerity