拍案驚奇

Chinese

		to pound the table	surprised; astonished; amazed surprised; astonished; amazed; shocked
trad. (拍案驚奇)		拍案	驚奇
simp. (拍案惊奇)		拍案	惊奇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāi'ànjīngqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞ ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ on³ ging¹ kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāi'ànjīngqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pai-ànjingcí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai¹-an⁴-ching¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: pāi-àn-jīng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paiannjingchyi
    • Palladius: пайаньцзинци (pajanʹczinci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀän⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paak³ on³ ging¹ kei⁴
    • Yale: paak on gīng kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ on³ ging¹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag³ on³ ging¹ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ ɔːn³³ kɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

Idiom

拍案驚奇

1. (figurative) to be surprised by the excellence (of something)