鶯歌燕舞

Chinese

		oriole	song	swallow (bird); surname; place name	to dance; to wield; to brandish
trad. (鶯歌燕舞)		鶯	歌	燕	舞
simp. (莺歌燕舞)		莺	歌	燕	舞
Literally: “orioles sing and swallows dance”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnggēyànwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄍㄜ ㄧㄢˋ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ang¹ go¹ jin³ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnggēyànwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄍㄜ ㄧㄢˋ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinggeyànwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-ko¹-yen⁴-wu³
    • Yale: yīng-gē-yàn-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inggeyannwuu
    • Palladius: ингэяньу (ingɛjanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ang¹ go¹ jin³ mou⁵
    • Yale: āng gō yin móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ang¹ go¹ jin³ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: eng¹ go¹ yin³ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐŋ⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ jiːn³³ mou̯¹³/

Idiom

鶯歌燕舞

1. (figuratively) lively scenery of spring
2. (figuratively) scene of prosperity