犄角旮旯

Chinese

		to divide one's military forces into two separate groups so that one can attack on two different fronts	corner; remote or narrow place
trad. (犄角旮旯)		犄角	旮旯
simp. #(犄角旮旯)		犄角	旮旯
alternative forms		犄角旯旮 犄里旮旯 犄里旯旮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījiǎogālá

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ gok³ go¹ lo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījiǎogālá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijiǎogalá
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chiao³-ka¹-la²
    • Yale: jī-jyǎu-gā-lá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijeaugala
    • Palladius: цзицзяогала (cziczjaogala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kä⁵⁵ lä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījiǎorgālár
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ ㄍㄚ ㄌㄚˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijiǎorgalár
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chiao³-ʼrh-ka¹-la²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jī-jyǎur-gā-lár
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijeaulgalal
    • Palladius: цзицзяоргалар (cziczjaorgalar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kä⁵⁵ lɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ gok³ go¹ lo¹
    • Yale: gēi gok gō lō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ gok⁸ go¹ lo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ gog³ go¹ lo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³ kɔː⁵⁵ lɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

犄角旮旯

1. (dialectal, colloquial) every nook and corner; every nook and cranny

   我犄角旮旯都找遍了，還是找不見那本書。 [MSC, trad.]
   我犄角旮旯都找遍了，还是找不见那本书。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ jījiǎogālá dōu zhǎo biàn le, háishì zhǎo bùjiàn nà běn shū. [Pinyin]

   I've searched every nook and corner, but still couldn't find that book.