販夫走卒

Chinese

		dealer; trader; seller	pawn; cat's-paw; lackey pawn; cat's-paw; lackey; stooge; runner; bailiff
trad. (販夫走卒)		販夫	走卒
simp. (贩夫走卒)		贩夫	走卒
Literally: “peddlers and carriers”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànfūzǒuzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄈㄨ ㄗㄡˇ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan³ fu¹ zau² zeot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fànfūzǒuzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄈㄨ ㄗㄡˇ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fànfuzǒuzú
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴-fu¹-tsou³-tsu²
    • Yale: fàn-fū-dzǒu-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannfutzooutzwu
    • Palladius: фаньфуцзоуцзу (fanʹfuczouczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan³ fu¹ zau² zeot¹
    • Yale: faan fū jáu jēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan³ fu¹ dzau² dzoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan³ fu¹ zeo² zêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³³ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵/

Idiom

販夫走卒

1. population with low social status