朝秦暮楚

Chinese

		morning	surname; name of a dynasty	evening; dusk; sunset evening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing	distinct; clear; orderly distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; ancient place name; surname
trad. (朝秦暮楚)		朝	秦	暮	楚
simp. #(朝秦暮楚)		朝	秦	暮	楚
alternative forms		暮楚朝秦
Literally: “in the morning, Qin; in the evening, Chu”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāoqínmùchǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ ceon⁴ mou⁶ co²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāoqínmùchǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaocínmùchǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-chʻin²-mu⁴-chʻu³
    • Yale: jāu-chín-mù-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauchynmuhchuu
    • Palladius: чжаоциньмучу (čžaocinʹmuču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ mu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ ceon⁴ mou⁶ co²
    • Yale: jīu chèuhn mouh chó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ tsoen⁴ mou⁶ tso²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ cên⁴ mou⁶ co²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn²¹ mou̯²² t͡sʰɔː³⁵/

Idiom

朝秦暮楚

1. (figurative) to be quick to switch sides

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (朝秦暮楚):

• → Korean: 조진모초(朝秦暮楚) (jojinmocho)

See also

• 朝三暮四 (zhāosānmùsì)