五花八門

See also: 五花八门

Chinese

		variegated; so so; average
trad. (五花八門)		五花	八門
simp. (五花八门)		五花	八门
alternative forms		五花百門／五花百门 Cantonese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔhuābāmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ faa¹ baat³ mun⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou² huê¹ boih⁴ mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔhuābāmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔhuabamén
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hua¹-pa¹-mên²
    • Yale: wǔ-hwā-bā-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuhuabamen
    • Palladius: ухуабамэнь (uxuabamɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔhuābāménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔhuabaménr
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hua¹-pa¹-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: wǔ-hwā-bā-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuhuabamel
    • Palladius: ухуабамэньр (uxuabamɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ faa¹ baat³ mun⁴
    • Yale: ńgh fā baat mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ faa¹ baat⁸ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ fa¹ bad³ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ faː⁵⁵ paːt̚³ muːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngou² huê¹ boih⁴ mung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngóu hue poih mûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou⁵²⁻³⁵ hue³³⁻²³ poiʔ²⁻⁴ muŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

五花八門

1. of a wide variety; various; all kinds of