如法炮製

Chinese

		as (if); such as	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	to concoct medicine using heat; to prepare; to concoct to concoct medicine using heat; to prepare; to concoct; to cook up
trad. (如法炮製)		如	法	炮製
simp. (如法炮制)		如	法	炮制
alternative forms		如法泡製／如法泡制

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúfǎpáozhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄆㄠˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ faat³ paau³ zai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jû-hoat-phàu-chè / jî-hoat-phàu-chè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúfǎpáozhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄆㄠˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúfǎpáojhìh
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-fa³-pʻao²-chih⁴
    • Yale: rú-fǎ-páu-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rufaapaurjyh
    • Palladius: жуфапаочжи (žufapaočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ faat³ paau³ zai³
    • Yale: yùh faat paau jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ faat⁸ paau³ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ fad³ pao³ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ faːt̚³ pʰaːu̯³³ t͡sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-hoat-phàu-chè
    • Tâi-lô: jû-huat-phàu-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ju'hoatphaozex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ pʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-hoat-phàu-chè
    • Tâi-lô: jî-huat-phàu-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'hoatphaozex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ pʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡se²¹/

Idiom

如法炮製

1. to follow a set pattern; to follow suit