越幫越忙

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	to assist; to support; to help to assist; to support; to help; group; gang; party	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	busy
trad. (越幫越忙)		越	幫	越	忙
simp. (越帮越忙)		越	帮	越	忙
Literally: “the more help one gets, the busier one becomes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèbāngyuèmáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄤ ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ bong¹ dou² mong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèbāngyuèmáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄤ ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèbangyuèmáng
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-pang¹-yüeh⁴-mang²
    • Yale: ywè-bāng-ywè-máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehbangyuehmang
    • Palladius: юэбанъюэман (juebanʺjueman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ pɑŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ bong¹ dou² mong⁴
    • Yale: yuht bōng dóu mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ bong¹ dou² mong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ bong¹ dou² mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² pɔːŋ⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom

越幫越忙

1. to make things worse instead of helping someone

Synonyms

• 幫倒忙 / 帮倒忙 (bāng dào máng)