左穿右插

Chinese

		left	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	right (-hand)	insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
trad. (左穿右插)		左	穿	右	插
simp. #(左穿右插)		左	穿	右	插

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǒchuānyòuchā

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² cyun¹ jau⁶ caap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒchuānyòuchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒchuanyòucha
    • Wade–Giles: tso³-chʻuan¹-yu⁴-chʻa¹
    • Yale: dzwǒ-chwān-yòu-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoochuanyowcha
    • Palladius: цзочуаньюча (czočuanʹjuča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² cyun¹ jau⁶ caap³
    • Yale: jó chyūn yauh chaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² tsyn¹ jau⁶ tsaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² qun¹ yeo⁶ cab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ jɐu̯²² t͡sʰaːp̚³/

Idiom

左穿右插

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to weave in and out of something (e.g. traffic)