吆五喝六

Chinese

		shout	five	to drink; to shout; to shout applause	six
trad. (吆五喝六)		吆	五	喝	六
simp. #(吆五喝六)		吆	五	喝	六

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāowǔhèliù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄨˇ ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ ng⁵ hot³ luk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāowǔhèliù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄨˇ ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaowǔhèliòu
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-wu³-ho⁴-liu⁴
    • Yale: yāu-wǔ-hè-lyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauwuuhehliow
    • Palladius: яо’ухэлю (jao’uxɛlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹ ng⁵ hot³ luk⁶
    • Yale: yīu ńgh hot luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ ng⁵ hot⁸ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ ng⁵ hod³ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³ hɔːt̚³ lʊk̚²/

Idiom

吆五喝六

1. to shout when gambling
2. to shout loudly and overbearingly