一禾九穗

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	cereal; grain	nine	ear of grain
simp. and trad. (一禾九穗)		一	禾	九	穗
Literally: “nine ears of grain in one stalk”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīhéjiǔsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄏㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ wo⁴ gau² seoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīhéjiǔsuì [Phonetic: yìhéjiǔsuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄏㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yihéjiǒusuèi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ho²-chiu³-sui⁴
    • Yale: yī-hé-jyǒu-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iherjeousuey
    • Palladius: ихэцзюсуй (ixɛczjusuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ wo⁴ gau² seoi⁶
    • Yale: yāt wòh gáu seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ wo⁴ gau² soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ wo⁴ geo² sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ wɔː²¹ kɐu̯³⁵ sɵy̯²²/

Idiom

一禾九穗

1. (literary, figurative) auspicious omen