千兒八百

See also: 千儿八百

Chinese

		thousand	son; child; diminutive suffix	eight	hundred
trad. (千兒八百)		千	兒	八	百
simp. (千儿八百)		千	儿	八	百

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān'erbābǎi, qiānrbābǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ˙ㄦ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄞˇ, ㄑㄧㄢㄦ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ ji⁴ baat³ baak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān'erbābǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ˙ㄦ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian-e̊rbabǎi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-êrh⁵-pa¹-pai³
    • Yale: chyān-er-bā-bǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian.elbabae
    • Palladius: цяньэрбабай (cjanʹerbabaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ² pä⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānrbābǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄦ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianrbabǎi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-ʼrh-pa¹-pai³
    • Yale: chyānr-bā-bǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chialbaba
    • Palladius: цяньрбабай (cjanʹrbabaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ ji⁴ baat³ baak³
    • Yale: chīn yìh baat baak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ ji⁴ baat⁸ baak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ yi⁴ bad³ bag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ paːt̚³ paːk̚³/

Idiom

千兒八百

1. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) one thousand or almost a thousand; a grand

   這玩意兒沒千兒八百是買不來的。 [MSC, trad.]
   这玩意儿没千儿八百是买不来的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè wányìr méi qiānrbābǎi shì mǎi bù lái de. [Pinyin]

   This thing can't be bought without a grand.