新官上任三把火

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	official; government; organ of body	to take up a new post; to assume a new position; previous to take up a new post; to assume a new position; previous; former; incumbent	three	handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (新官上任三把火)		新	官	上任	三	把	火
simp. #(新官上任三把火)		新	官	上任	三	把	火
Literally: “a new official has three fires when he takes up the new post”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ gun¹ soeng⁵ jam⁶ saam¹ baa² fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ [Phonetic: xīnguānshàngrènsānbáhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sin guan shàngrèn san bǎ huǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹ kuan¹ shang⁴-jên⁴ san¹ pa³ huo³
    • Yale: syīn gwān shàng-rèn sān bǎ hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin guan shanqrenn san baa huoo
    • Palladius: синь гуань шанжэнь сань ба хо (sinʹ guanʹ šanžɛnʹ sanʹ ba xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ gun¹ soeng⁵ jam⁶ saam¹ baa² fo²
    • Yale: sān gūn séuhng yahm sāam bá fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ gun¹ soeng⁵ jam⁶ saam¹ baa² fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ gun¹ sêng⁵ yem⁶ sam¹ ba² fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³ jɐm²² saːm⁵⁵ paː³⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Proverb

新官上任三把火

1. a new broom sweeps clean