手舞足蹈

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	to dance; to wield; to brandish	foot; to be sufficient	tread on; trample; stamp tread on; trample; stamp; fulfil
trad. (手舞足蹈)		手	舞	足	蹈
simp. #(手舞足蹈)		手	舞	足	蹈
Literally: “hands dance and feet trip”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuwǔzúdǎo, shǒuwǔzúdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ, ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² mou⁵ zuk¹ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwǔzúdǎo [Phonetic: shóuwǔzúdǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwǔzúdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-wu³-tsu²-tao³
    • Yale: shǒu-wǔ-dzú-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwuutzwudao
    • Palladius: шоууцзудао (šouuczudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwǔzúdào [Phonetic: shóuwǔzúdào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwǔzúdào
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-wu³-tsu²-tao⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-wǔ-dzú-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwuutzwudaw
    • Palladius: шоууцзудао (šouuczudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² mou⁵ zuk¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: sáu móuh jūk douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mou⁵ dzuk⁷ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² mou⁵ zug¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mou̯¹³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ tou̯²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 手舞足蹈

1. dancing and gesticulating for joy
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) involuntary movements of the limbs; convulsions, hemiballismus, chorea, athetosis or myoclonus