五花大綁

Chinese

		five	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to tie; bind or fasten together
trad. (五花大綁)		五	花	大	綁
simp. (五花大绑)		五	花	大	绑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔhuādàbǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ faa¹ daai⁶ bong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔhuādàbǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔhuadàbǎng
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hua¹-ta⁴-pang³
    • Yale: wǔ-hwā-dà-bǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuhuadahbaang
    • Palladius: ухуадабан (uxuadaban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ pɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ faa¹ daai⁶ bong²
    • Yale: ńgh fā daaih bóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ faa¹ daai⁶ bong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ fa¹ dai⁶ bong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ faː⁵⁵ taːi̯²² pɔːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

五花大綁

1. (In relation to a person) to be tightly bound
2. (specifically) a type of restraint by tying a rope on the restrained person's neck, then that person's arms