合浦珠還

Chinese

		Hepu	pearl; bead	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet
trad. (合浦珠還)		合浦	珠	還
simp. (合浦珠还)		合浦	珠	还

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hépǔzhūhuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄨˇ ㄓㄨ ㄏㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ pou² zyu¹ waan⁴, hap⁶ pou⁴ zyu¹ waan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hépǔzhūhuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄨˇ ㄓㄨ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hépǔjhuhuán
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-pʻu³-chu¹-huan²
    • Yale: hé-pǔ-jū-hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herpuujuhwan
    • Palladius: хэпучжухуань (xɛpučžuxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ xu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ pou² zyu¹ waan⁴, hap⁶ pou⁴ zyu¹ waan⁴
    • Yale: hahp póu jyū wàahn, hahp pòuh jyū wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ pou² dzy¹ waan⁴, hap⁹ pou⁴ dzy¹ waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ pou² ju¹ wan⁴, heb⁶ pou⁴ ju¹ wan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² pʰou̯³⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵ waːn²¹/, /hɐp̚² pʰou̯²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵ waːn²¹/

Idiom

合浦珠還

1. (figurative, of a person) to return after leaving; (of something) to be regained after being lost