火冒三丈

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave	three	zhang (unit of measurement)
trad. (火冒三丈)		火	冒	三	丈
simp. #(火冒三丈)		火	冒	三	丈
Literally: “fire soaring three zhangs”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒmàosānzhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² mou⁶ saam¹ zoeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒmàosānzhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒmàosanjhàng
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-mao⁴-san¹-chang⁴
    • Yale: hwǒ-màu-sān-jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoomawsanjanq
    • Palladius: хомаосаньчжан (xomaosanʹčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² mou⁶ saam¹ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: fó mouh sāam jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² mou⁶ saam¹ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² mou⁶ sam¹ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ mou̯²² saːm⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/

Idiom

火冒三丈

1. to fly into a rage; to flare up; to lose one's temper