珠聯璧合

Chinese

		pearl; bead	to ally; to unite; to join	piece of jade with hole in centre	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
trad. (珠聯璧合)		珠	聯	璧	合
simp. (珠联璧合)		珠	联	璧	合
Literally: “strings of pearls and gridles of jade”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūliánbìhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ lyun⁴ bik¹ hap⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹ liang⁵ biah⁴ hah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūliánbìhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuliánbìhé
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-lien²-pi⁴-ho²
    • Yale: jū-lyán-bì-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: julianbihher
    • Palladius: чжуляньбихэ (čžuljanʹbixɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ lyun⁴ bik¹ hap⁶
    • Yale: jyū lyùhn bīk hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ lyn⁴ bik⁷ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ lün⁴ big¹ heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ lyːn²¹ pɪk̚⁵ hɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu¹ liang⁵ biah⁴ hah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu liâng piah ha̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³⁻²³ liaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ piaʔ²⁻⁴ haʔ⁴/

Idiom

珠聯璧合

1. perfect pair; happy combination