螃蟹過河——七手八腳

Chinese

		crab	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	river		seven hands, eight feet; with many people lending a hand; chaotically
trad. (螃蟹過河——七手八腳)		螃蟹	過	河	——	七手八腳
simp. (螃蟹过河——七手八脚)		螃蟹	过	河	——	七手八脚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángxiè guò hé, qīshǒubājiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ , ㄑㄧ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ haai⁵ gwo³ ho⁴, cat¹ sau² baat³ goek³

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángxiè guò hé, qīshǒubājiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ , ㄑㄧ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángsiè guò hé, cishǒubajiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-hsieh⁴ kuo⁴ ho², chʻi¹-shou³-pa¹-chiao³
    • Yale: páng-syè gwò hé-, chī-shǒu-bā-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngshieh guoh her, chichibaba
    • Palladius: пансе го хэ, цишоубацзяо (panse go xɛ, cišoubaczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ haai⁵ gwo³ ho⁴, cat¹ sau² baat³ goek³
    • Yale: pòhng háaih gwo hòh, chāt sáu baat geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ haai⁵ gwo³ ho⁴, tsat⁷ sau² baat⁸ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ hai⁵ guo³ ho⁴, ced¹ seo² bad³ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ haːi̯¹³ kʷɔː³³ hɔː²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ paːt̚³ kœːk̚³/

Idiom

螃蟹過河——七手八腳

1. chaotic; many people lending a hand