關門捉賊

Chinese

		to close the door; to close for business; to close down	to clutch; to grab; to capture	thief
trad. (關門捉賊)		關門	捉	賊
simp. (关门捉贼)		关门	捉	贼
Literally: “to shut the door to catch the thief”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānménzhuōzéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄗㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ mun⁴ zuk³ caak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānménzhuōzéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanménjhuozéi
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-mên²-cho¹-tsei²
    • Yale: gwān-mén-jwō-dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanmenjuotzeir
    • Palladius: гуаньмэньчжоцзэй (guanʹmɛnʹčžoczɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ mən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹ mun⁴ zuk³ caak⁶
    • Yale: gwāan mùhn juk chaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ mun⁴ dzuk⁸ tsaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ mun⁴ zug³ cag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹ t͡sʊk̚³ t͡sʰaːk̚²/

Idiom

關門捉賊

1. (figurative) to capture the enemy by cutting off their escape route