搞三搞四

Chinese

		to do; to make; to go in for to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of	three	to do; to make; to go in for to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of	four
simp. and trad. (搞三搞四)		搞	三	搞	四
Literally: “do three, do four”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎosāngǎosì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄠˇ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎosāngǎosì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄠˇ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎosangǎosìh
    • Wade–Giles: kao³-san¹-kao³-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: gǎu-sān-gǎu-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaosangaosyh
    • Palladius: гаосаньгаосы (gaosanʹgaosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³
    • Yale: gáau sāam gáau sei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² sam¹ gao² séi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ sei̯³³/

Idiom

搞三搞四

1. to do something shady; to have illicit relationships