先聲奪人

Chinese

		herald; sign	rob; snatch	man; person; people
trad. (先聲奪人)		先聲	奪	人
simp. (先声夺人)		先声	夺	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānshēngduórén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ sing¹ dyut⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānshēngduórén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianshengduórén
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-shêng¹-to²-jên²
    • Yale: syān-shēng-dwó-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshengdworen
    • Palladius: сяньшэндожэнь (sjanʹšɛndožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ sing¹ dyut⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: sīn sīng dyuht yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ sing¹ dyt⁹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ xing¹ düd⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ tyːt̚² jɐn²¹/

Idiom

先聲奪人

1. to overawe one's opponent first by a show of strength