槍打出頭鳥

Chinese

		gun; firearm; rifle gun; firearm; rifle; spear	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
trad. (槍打出頭鳥)		槍	打	出頭鳥
simp. (枪打出头鸟)		枪	打	出头鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāng dǎ chūtóuniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤ ㄉㄚˇ ㄔㄨ ㄊㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹ daa² ceot¹ tau⁴ niu⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chian-tan ⁷tsheq-deu-gniau

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāng dǎ chūtóuniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤ ㄉㄚˇ ㄔㄨ ㄊㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciang dǎ chutóuniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang¹ ta³ chʻu¹-tʻou²-niao³
    • Yale: chyāng dǎ chū-tóu-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiang daa chutourneau
    • Palladius: цян да чутоуняо (cjan da čutounjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng¹ daa² ceot¹ tau⁴ niu⁵
    • Yale: chēung dá chēut tàuh níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹ daa² tsoet⁷ tau⁴ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹ da² cêd¹ teo⁴ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ taː³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ niːu̯¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chian-tan ⁷tsheq-deu-gniau
    • MiniDict: chian^平 tan tsheh^入 deu nyau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qian-tan ⁴tsheq-deu-nyiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiã⁵⁵ tã³³  t͡sʰəʔ³³ dɤ⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɔ²¹/

Proverb

槍打出頭鳥

1. One who is in the forefront will be attacked first. / The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.