好大喜功

Chinese

		to like to do grandiose things; to like to exaggerate, to be fond of bragging
trad. (好大喜功)		好大	喜功
simp. #(好大喜功)		好大	喜功

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàodàxǐgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ daai⁶ hei² gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàodàxǐgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàodàsǐgong
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-ta⁴-hsi³-kung¹
    • Yale: hàu-dà-syǐ-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawdahshiigong
    • Palladius: хаодасигун (xaodasigun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ daai⁶ hei² gung¹
    • Yale: hou daaih héi gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ daai⁶ hei² gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ dai⁶ héi² gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ taːi̯²² hei̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 好大喜功

1. to crave greatness and success; to rejoice in grandiose deeds