條條框框

Chinese

		measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article	measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article	frame; door frame	frame; door frame
trad. (條條框框)		條	條	框	框
simp. (条条框框)		条	条	框	框

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiáotiáokuàngkuàng, tiáotiáokuāngkuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄤˋ, ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄤ ㄎㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ tiu⁴ kwaang¹ kwaang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiáotiáokuàngkuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiáotiáokuàngkuàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-tʻiao²-kʻuang⁴-kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: tyáu-tyáu-kwàng-kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyautyaukuanqkuanq
    • Palladius: тяотяокуанкуан (tjaotjaokuankuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiáotiáokuāngkuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄤ ㄎㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiáotiáokuangkuang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-tʻiao²-kʻuang¹-kʻuang¹
    • Yale: tyáu-tyáu-kwāng-kwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyautyaukuangkuang
    • Palladius: тяотяокуанкуан (tjaotjaokuankuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ kwaang¹ kwaang¹
    • Yale: tìuh tìuh kwāang kwāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ kwaang¹ kwaang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ kuang¹ kuang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹ kʷʰaːŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰaːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

條條框框

1. rigid and inflexible rules