百家爭鳴

See also: 百家争鸣

Chinese

		many schools of thought	[of birds] to contend to sing; to contend
trad. (百家爭鳴)		百家	爭鳴
simp. (百家争鸣)		百家	争鸣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎijiāzhēngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ gaa¹ zang¹ ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pek-ka-cheng-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎijiāzhēngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎijiajhengmíng
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-chia¹-chêng¹-ming²
    • Yale: bǎi-jyā-jēng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baejiajengming
    • Palladius: байцзячжэнмин (bajczjačžɛnmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ gaa¹ zang¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: baak gā jāng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ gaa¹ dzang¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ ga¹ zeng¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-ka-cheng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: pik-ka-tsing-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekkazengbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

Idiom

百家爭鳴

1. contention of the Hundred Schools of Thought
2. to let a hundred schools of thought contend

Derived terms

• 百花齊放，百家爭鳴／百花齐放，百家争鸣 (bǎihuā-qífàng, bǎijiā-zhēngmíng)