十面埋伏

Chinese

		ten	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	to set up an ambush; to ambush; to hide to set up an ambush; to ambush; to hide; to lie low
simp. and trad. (十面埋伏)		十	面	埋伏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shímiànmáifú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ min⁶ maai⁴ fuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shímiànmáifú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhmiànmáifú
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-mien⁴-mai²-fu²
    • Yale: shŕ-myàn-mái-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrmiannmaifwu
    • Palladius: шимяньмайфу (šimjanʹmajfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ maɪ̯³⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ min⁶ maai⁴ fuk⁶
    • Yale: sahp mihn màaih fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ min⁶ maai⁴ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ min⁶ mai⁴ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² miːn²² maːi̯²¹ fʊk̚²/

Idiom

十面埋伏

1. to ambush on all sides
2. to be surrounded

Proper noun

十面埋伏

1. historical battle of Chinese history (202 BCE)
2. Ambush from Ten Sides (classical piece written for the pipa)