Chinese

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thousand
to call; to cry; to shout
to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale
 
ten thousand; a great number; surname to call
trad. (千呼萬喚)
simp. (千呼万唤)

Etymology

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From the poem 琵琶行 (The Song of the Pipa Player) by Bai Juyi (772-846):

千呼萬喚出來琵琶 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
千呼万唤出来琵琶 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 816, 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 琵琶行 (The Song of the Pipa Player)
Qiānhūwànhuàn shǐ chūlái, yóu bào pípá bàn zhē miàn. [Pinyin]
Yet we called and urged a thousand times before she started toward us,
Still hiding half her face from us behind her pipa.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (32) (4) (32)
Final () (85) (23) (66) (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Closed
Division () IV I III I
Fanqie
Baxter tshen xu mjonH xwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰen/ /huo/ /mʉɐnH/ /huɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰen/ /huo/ /mʷiɐnH/ /hʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛn/ /xo/ /miuɐnH/ /xuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛn/ /hɔ/ /muanH/ /hwanH/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰen/ /xo/ /miuɐnH/ /xuɑnH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰien/ /xu/ /mĭwɐnH/ /xuɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰien/ /xuo/ /mi̯wɐnH/ /xuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān wàn huàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin1 fu1 maan6 fun3

Idiom

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千呼萬喚

  1. to urge many times