化為烏有

See also: 化为乌有

Chinese

		to change into; to become	nonexistent person or thing; naught; nothing
trad. (化為烏有/化爲烏有)		化為/化爲	烏有
simp. (化为乌有)		化为	乌有

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàwéi wūyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ wai⁴ wu¹ jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàwéi wūyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàwéi wuyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-wei² wu¹-yu³
    • Yale: hwà-wéi wū-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahwei uyeou
    • Palladius: хуавэй ую (xuavɛj uju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ u⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa³ wai⁴ wu¹ jau⁵
    • Yale: fa wàih wū yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa³ wai⁴ wu¹ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa³ wei⁴ wu¹ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː³³ wɐi̯²¹ wuː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/

Verb

化為烏有

1. to vanish; to come to nothing