東拉西扯

See also: 东拉西扯

Chinese

		east	to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	west	pull; tear; to talk casually
trad. (東拉西扯)		東	拉	西	扯
simp. (东拉西扯)		东	拉	西	扯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōnglāxīchě

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄚ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ laai¹ sai¹ ce²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōnglāxīchě
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄚ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: donglasichě
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-la¹-hsi¹-chʻê³
    • Yale: dūng-lā-syī-chě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donglhashichee
    • Palladius: дунласичэ (dunlasičɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ laai¹ sai¹ ce²
    • Yale: dūng lāai sāi ché
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ laai¹ sai¹ tse²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ lai¹ sei¹ cé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː³⁵/

Idiom

東拉西扯

1. to ramble incoherently; to talk about this and that