人多手腳亂
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]man; person; people | many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
hand and foot; motion; action | in confusion; disorderly | ||
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trad. (人多手腳亂) | 人 | 多 | 手腳 | 亂 | |
simp. (人多手脚乱) | 人 | 多 | 手脚 | 乱 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rénduoshǒujiǎoluàn
- Wade–Giles: jên2-to1-shou3-chiao3-luan4
- Yale: rén-dwō-shǒu-jyǎu-lwàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renduoshooujeauluann
- Palladius: жэньдошоуцзяолуань (žɛnʹdošouczjaoluanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯än⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan4 do1 sau2 goek3 lyun6
- Yale: yàhn dō sáu geuk lyuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan4 do1 sau2 goek8 lyn6
- Guangdong Romanization: yen4 do1 seo2 gêg3 lün6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ kœːk̚³ lyːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
[edit]人多手腳亂
- too many cooks spoil the broth; too many people being involved in a task leads to chaos