觥籌交錯

Chinese

		big; cup made of horn; horn wine container	a tally; counter; ticket a tally; counter; ticket; plan; devise; manage	to interlock; to crisscross
trad. (觥籌交錯)		觥	籌	交錯
simp. (觥筹交错)		觥	筹	交错

Etymology

From 醉翁亭記 [1046] by Ouyang Xiu:

射者中，弈者勝，觥籌交錯，起坐而喧嘩者，眾賓歡也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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射者中，弈者胜，觥筹交错，起坐而喧哗者，众宾欢也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Song dynasty, Ouyang Xiu, 《醉翁亭記》

Shè zhě zhōng, yì zhě shèng, gōngchóujiāocuò, qǐ zuò ér xuānhuá zhě, zhòng bīn huān yě. [Pinyin]

The shooters of dice hit their mark, and players of Chinese chess are victorious. Wine cups and game tallies cross back and forth, and people sit and stand in an uproar. The multitude of guests is happy.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngchóujiāocuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwang¹ cau⁴ gaau¹ cok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngchóujiāocuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongchóujiaocuò
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chʻou²-chiao¹-tsʻo⁴
    • Yale: gūng-chóu-jyāu-tswò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongchourjiautsuoh
    • Palladius: гунчоуцзяоцо (gunčouczjaoco)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwang¹ cau⁴ gaau¹ cok³
    • Yale: gwāng chàuh gāau chok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwang¹ tsau⁴ gaau¹ tsok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gueng¹ ceo⁴ gao¹ cog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːk̚³/

Idiom

觥籌交錯

1. to have many people drinking alcohol together

Synonyms

• 觥籌交舉／觥筹交举 (gōngchóujiāojǔ)