裙帶關係

Chinese

		band of the skirt; skirt and girdle; affinity band of the skirt; skirt and girdle; affinity; relationship by marriage	relation; relationship; connection relation; relationship; connection; tie
trad. (裙帶關係)		裙帶	關係
simp. (裙带关系)		裙带	关系

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qúndài guānxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan⁴ daai³ gwaan¹ hai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qúndài guānxì → qúndài guānxi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˋ → ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄒㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyúndài guansi̊
    • Wade–Giles: chʻün²-tai⁴ kuan¹-hsi⁵
    • Yale: chyún-dài gwān-syi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyunday guan.shih
    • Palladius: цюньдай гуаньси (cjunʹdaj guanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan⁴ daai³ gwaan¹ hai⁶
    • Yale: kwàhn daai gwāan haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan⁴ daai³ gwaan¹ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen⁴ dai³ guan¹ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn²¹ taːi̯³³ kʷaːn⁵⁵ hɐi̯²²/

Noun

裙帶關係

1. (derogatory) cronyism; nepotism