手起刀落

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	to rise; to raise; to get up	knife	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (手起刀落)		手	起	刀	落
simp. #(手起刀落)		手	起	刀	落

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuqǐdāoluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄠ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² hei² dou¹ lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuqǐdāoluò [Phonetic: shóuqǐdāoluò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄠ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒucǐdaoluò
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chʻi³-tao¹-lo⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-chǐ-dāu-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouchiidauluoh
    • Palladius: шоуцидаоло (šoucidaolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² hei² dou¹ lok⁶
    • Yale: sáu héi dōu lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² hei² dou¹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² héi² dou¹ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ lɔːk̚²/

Idiom

手起刀落

1. (archaic) to cut down with one swift stroke of one's sword