另起爐灶

Chinese

		other; another; separate other; another; separate; separately	to rise; to raise; to get up	kitchen range; stove; cooktop kitchen range; stove; cooktop; foundation of an undertaking
trad. (另起爐灶)		另	起	爐灶
simp. (另起炉灶)		另	起	炉灶
Literally: “to start another stove”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngqǐlúzào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄨˊ ㄗㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ hei² lou⁴ zou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngqǐlúzào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄨˊ ㄗㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngcǐlúzào
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-chʻi³-lu²-tsao⁴
    • Yale: lìng-chǐ-lú-dzàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqchiilutzaw
    • Palladius: линцилуцзао (linciluczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶ hei² lou⁴ zou³
    • Yale: lihng héi lòuh jou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ hei² lou⁴ dzou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ héi² lou⁴ zou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² hei̯³⁵ lou̯²¹ t͡sou̯³³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 另起爐灶

1. to start again
2. to establish another separate entity or business