夜夜笙歌

Chinese

		night	night	(mus. instr.)	song
trad. (夜夜笙歌)		夜	夜	笙	歌
simp. #(夜夜笙歌)		夜	夜	笙	歌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèyèshēnggē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ je⁶ sang¹ go¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iā-iā-seng-ko / iā-iā-sng-ko͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèyèshēnggē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèyèshengge
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-yeh⁴-shêng¹-ko¹
    • Yale: yè-yè-shēng-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehyehshengge
    • Palladius: еешэнгэ (jeješɛngɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ je⁶ sang¹ go¹
    • Yale: yeh yeh sāng gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ je⁶ sang¹ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ yé⁶ seng¹ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² jɛː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-iā-seng-ko
    • Tâi-lô: iā-iā-sing-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaxiaxsengkoy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia²²⁻²¹ ia²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-iā-sng-ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: iā-iā-sng-koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaxiaxsngkof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹⁻²² ia⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍³³ kɔ³³/

Idiom

夜夜笙歌

1. (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.) to leave alone their works and duties while enjoying nonstop
2. (slang) to have sex day and night