五胡亂華
Chinese
the Five Barbarians | in confusion; disorderly | flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain | ||
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trad. (五胡亂華) | 五胡 | 亂 | 華 | |
simp. (五胡乱华) | 五胡 | 乱 | 华 | |
Literally: “Five Barbarians throw China into disorder”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔhúluànhuá
- Wade–Giles: Wu3-hu2-luan4-hua2
- Yale: Wǔ-hú-lwàn-hwá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuhwuluannhwa
- Palladius: Ухулуаньхуа (Uxuluanʹxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ng5 wu4 lyun6 waa4
- Yale: ńgh wùh lyuhn wàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ng5 wu4 lyn6 waa4
- Guangdong Romanization: ng5 wu4 lün6 wa4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋ̍¹³ wuː²¹ lyːn²² waː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 五胡亂華