上賊船

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	pirate ship; criminal gang
trad. (上賊船)		上	賊船
simp. (上贼船)		上	贼船
Literally: “to board a pirate ship”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàng zéichuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàng zéichuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàng zéichuán
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴ tsei²-chʻuan²
    • Yale: shàng dzéi-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq tzeirchwan
    • Palladius: шан цзэйчуань (šan czɛjčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/

Verb

上⫽賊船 (verb-object)

1. (figuratively) to embark on a hopeless adventure (often mistakenly or unwillingly)