派上用場

Chinese

		clique; school; group clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	use; purpose
trad. (派上用場)		派	上	用場
simp. (派上用场)		派	上	用场

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pàishàngyòngchǎng, pàishàngyòngcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄆㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paai³ soeng⁵ jung⁶ coeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phài-siōng-iōng-tiûⁿ / phài-siāng-iōng-tiûⁿ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pha-zaon ⁶yon-zan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàishàngyòngchǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pàishàngyòngchǎng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻai⁴-shang⁴-yung⁴-chʻang³
  - Yale: pài-shàng-yùng-chǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: payshanqyonqchaang
  - Palladius: пайшанъюнчан (pajšanʺjunčan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàishàngyòngcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pàishàngyòngcháng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻai⁴-shang⁴-yung⁴-chʻang²
  - Yale: pài-shàng-yùng-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: payshanqyonqcharng
  - Palladius: пайшанъюнчан (pajšanʺjunčan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paai³ soeng⁵ jung⁶ coeng⁴
  - Yale: paai séuhng yuhng chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paai³ soeng⁵ jung⁶ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pai³ sêng⁵ yung⁶ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯³³ sœːŋ¹³ jʊŋ²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phài-siōng-iōng-tiûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phài-siōng-iōng-tiûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phaesioxng'ioxngdviuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tiũ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tiũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phài-siāng-iōng-tiûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phài-siāng-iōng-tiûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phaesiaxng'ioxngdviuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tiũ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pha-zaon ⁶yon-zan
  - MiniDict: pha^去 zaon yon^去 zan
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pha-zaan ³hhion-zan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰa³³ zɑ̃⁴⁴ ɦioŋ²² zã⁴⁴/

Idiom

派上用場

to come in handy; to become useful