扒灰

Chinese

		climb; crawl; snatch climb; crawl; snatch; pull (out); to strip; hold on to; cling to; dig up; rake; push aside	grey; ash
trad. (扒灰)		扒	灰
simp. #(扒灰)		扒	灰
alternative forms		爬灰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páhuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa⁴ fui¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phâ-fôi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páhuei
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa²-hui¹
    • Yale: pá-hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parhuei
    • Palladius: пахуэй (paxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa⁴ fui¹
    • Yale: pàh fūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa⁴ fui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa⁴ fui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː²¹ fuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phâ-fôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: pa´ foi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pa¹ foi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ foi̯²⁴/

Verb

扒灰

1. to have incest between a father-in-law and his daughter-in-law