血流漂杵

Chinese

		blood	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	to bleach; elegant; polished to bleach; elegant; polished; to float; to drift	pestle; to poke
trad. (血流漂杵)		血	流	漂	杵
simp. #(血流漂杵)		血	流	漂	杵
Literally: “enough blood flowing to float wooden clubs”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèliúpiāochǔ, xuěliúpiāochǔ, xiěliúpiāochǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˇ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˇ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ lau⁴ piu¹ cyu² / hyut³ lau⁴ piu¹ cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèliúpiāochǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèlióupiaochǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-liu²-pʻiao¹-chʻu³
    • Yale: sywè-lyóu-pyāu-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehlioupiauchuu
    • Palladius: сюэлюпяочу (sjueljupjaoču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuěliúpiāochǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuělióupiaochǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-liu²-pʻiao¹-chʻu³
    • Yale: sywě-lyóu-pyāu-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuelioupiauchuu
    • Palladius: сюэлюпяочу (sjueljupjaoču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiěliúpiāochǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siělióupiaochǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-liu²-pʻiao¹-chʻu³
    • Yale: syě-lyóu-pyāu-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieelioupiauchuu
    • Palladius: селюпяочу (seljupjaoču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ lau⁴ piu¹ cyu² / hyut³ lau⁴ piu¹ cyu⁵
    • Yale: hyut làuh pīu chyú / hyut làuh pīu chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ lau⁴ piu¹ tsy² / hyt⁸ lau⁴ piu¹ tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ leo⁴ piu¹ qu² / hüd³ leo⁴ piu¹ qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ lɐu̯²¹ pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː³⁵/, /hyːt̚³ lɐu̯²¹ pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/

Idiom

血流漂杵

1. rivers of blood (on the battlefield); blood bath