席捲

See also: 席卷

Chinese

		banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place	coil; to roll
trad. (席捲/席卷)		席	捲/卷
simp. (席卷)		席	卷
Literally: “roll up like a mat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíjuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ ㄐㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ gyun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-koán / se̍k-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíjuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄐㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síjyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-chüan³
    • Yale: syí-jywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyijeuan
    • Palladius: сицзюань (siczjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ gyun²
    • Yale: jihk gyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ gyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ gün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² kyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-koán
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sidkoarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² kuan⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-koán
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: segkoarn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁵³/

Verb

席捲

1. to carry all before one
2. (figurative) to sweep over; to sweep across; to engulf
3. (figurative) to conquer; to take over

Synonyms

• (to sweep over): 橫掃／横扫 (héngsǎo)