多隻香爐多隻鬼

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	incense burner; censer	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (多隻香爐多隻鬼)		多	隻	香爐	多	隻	鬼
simp. (多只香炉多只鬼)		多	只	香炉	多	只	鬼
alternative forms		多個香爐多隻鬼／多个香炉多只鬼 多個香爐多個鬼／多个香炉多个鬼

Etymology

Literally "one more censer, one more ghost (to serve)".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duō zhī xiānglú duō zhī guǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄌㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ zek³ hoeng¹ lou⁴ do¹ zek³ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duō zhī xiānglú duō zhī guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄌㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duo jhih sianglú duo jhih guěi
    • Wade–Giles: to¹ chih¹ hsiang¹-lu² to¹ chih¹ kuei³
    • Yale: dwō jr̄ syāng-lú dwō jr̄ gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duo jy shianglu duo jy goei
    • Palladius: до чжи сянлу до чжи гуй (do čži sjanlu do čži guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ lu³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ zek³ hoeng¹ lou⁴ do¹ zek³ gwai²
    • Yale: dō jek hēung lòuh dō jek gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ dzek⁸ hoeng¹ lou⁴ do¹ dzek⁸ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ zég³ hêng¹ lou⁴ do¹ zég³ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

多隻香爐多隻鬼

1. (Cantonese) one more thing (or person) means one more trouble