洪水猛獸

Chinese

		flood; flooding; floodwater	beast of prey; savage beast
trad. (洪水猛獸)		洪水	猛獸
simp. (洪水猛兽)		洪水	猛兽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngshuǐměngshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄥˇ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ seoi² mang⁵ sau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngshuǐměngshòu [Phonetic: hóngshuíměngshòu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄥˇ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngshuěiměngshòu
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-shui³-mêng³-shou⁴
    • Yale: húng-shwěi-měng-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngshoeimeengshow
    • Palladius: хуншуймэншоу (xunšujmɛnšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ seoi² mang⁵ sau³
    • Yale: hùhng séui máhng sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ soey² mang⁵ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ sêu² meng⁵ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ mɐŋ¹³ sɐu̯³³/

Idiom

洪水猛獸

1. enormous disasters; something that causes enormous damage