一窩蜂

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	nest	bee; wasp
trad. (一窩蜂)		一	窩	蜂
simp. (一窝蜂)		一	窝	蜂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīwōfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄨㄛ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ wo¹ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīwōfēng [Phonetic: yìwōfēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄨㄛ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiwofong
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-wo¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: yī-wō-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuofeng
    • Palladius: ивофэн (ivofɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ wɔ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ wo¹ fung¹
    • Yale: yāt wō fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ wo¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ wo¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ wɔː⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 一窩蜂

1. like a swarm of bees

   孩子們一窩蜂似地奔向海灘 [MSC, trad.]
   孩子们一窝蜂似地奔向海滩 [MSC, simp.]

   háizimen yīwōfēng sìde bēnxiàng hǎitān [Pinyin]

   The children swarmed towards the beach.