紅白大事

Chinese

		red and white; happy and sad events in life	important matter; big deal; major event important matter; big deal; major event; great thing
trad. (紅白大事)		紅白	大事
simp. (红白大事)		红白	大事

Etymology

Red (紅事): weddings; white (白事): funerals.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngbáidàshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ baak⁶ daai⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngbáidàshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngbáidàshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-pai²-ta⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: húng-bái-dà-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngbairdahshyh
    • Palladius: хунбайдаши (xunbajdaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ baak⁶ daai⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: hùhng baahk daaih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ baak⁹ daai⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ bag⁶ dai⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ paːk̚² taːi̯²² siː²²/

Idiom

紅白大事

1. matters related to weddings and funerals