和事佬

Chinese

		to settle disputes	man; guy
trad. (和事佬)		和事	佬
simp. #(和事佬)		和事	佬
alternative forms		和事老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héshìlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ si⁶ lou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fò-sṳ-ló
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): hô-sū-ló

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héshìlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héshìhlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-shih⁴-lao³
    • Yale: hé-shr̀-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershyhlao
    • Palladius: хэшилао (xɛšilao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héshìlǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héshìhlǎor
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-shih⁴-lao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: hé-shr̀-lǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershyhlaol
    • Palladius: хэшилаор (xɛšilaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ si⁶ lou²
    • Yale: wòh sih lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ si⁶ lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ xi⁶ lou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ siː²² lou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fò-sṳ-ló
    • Hakka Romanization System: foˇ sii lo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo² si⁴ lo³
    • Sinological IPA: /fo¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵ lo³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-sū-ló
    • Tâi-lô: hô-sū-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoisuxloir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² su²²⁻²¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² su⁴¹⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² su²²⁻²¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ su³³⁻²¹ lɤ⁴¹/

Noun

和事佬

1. (colloquial) mediator; peacemaker (especially one that tries to achieve peace without principles)