掛一漏萬

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge	ten thousand; a great number; surname
trad. (掛一漏萬)		掛	一	漏	萬
simp. (挂一漏万)		挂	一	漏	万
alternative forms		挂一漏萬
Literally: “to touch on one and miss out ten thousand”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàyīlòuwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄧ ㄌㄡˋ ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ jat¹ lau⁶ maan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàyīlòuwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄧ ㄌㄡˋ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàyilòuwàn
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-i¹-lou⁴-wan⁴
    • Yale: gwà-yī-lòu-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahilowwann
    • Palladius: гуаилоувань (guailouvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ i⁵⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³ jat¹ lau⁶ maan⁶
    • Yale: gwa yāt lauh maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ jat⁷ lau⁶ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³ yed¹ leo⁶ man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ jɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²² maːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kweaH 'jit luwH mjonH

Rime
Character	掛	一	漏	萬
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	佳 (32)	質 (48)	侯 (137)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III	I	III
Fanqie	古賣切	於悉切	盧候切	無販切
Baxter	kweaH	'jit	luwH	mjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛH/	/ʔiɪt̚/	/ləuH/	/mʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæH/	/ʔit̚/	/ləuH/	/mʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuæiH/	/ʔjet̚/	/ləuH/	/miuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨjH/	/ʔit̚/	/ləwH/	/muanH/
Li Rong	/kuɛH/	/ʔiĕt̚/	/luH/	/miuɐnH/
Wang Li	/kwaiH/	/ĭĕt̚/	/ləuH/	/mĭwɐnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwaiH/	/ʔi̯ĕt̚/	/lə̯uH/	/mi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guà	yi	lòu	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaai3	jat1	lau6	maan6

Idiom

掛一漏萬

1. (humble) to be inexhaustive; to leave many important items out