東一榔頭西一棒子

Chinese

		east	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	hammer	west	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	club; stick; corn club; stick; corn; maize
trad. (東一榔頭西一棒子)		東	一	榔頭	西	一	棒子
simp. (东一榔头西一棒子)		东	一	榔头	西	一	棒子
alternative forms		東一榔頭，西一棒子／东一榔头，西一棒子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōng yī lángtou xī yī bàngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧ ㄌㄤˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄒㄧ ㄧ ㄅㄤˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ jat¹ long⁴ tau⁴ sai¹ jat¹ paang⁵ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōng yī lángtou xī yī bàngzǐ [Phonetic: dōng yì lángtou xī yí bàngzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧ ㄌㄤˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄒㄧ ㄧ ㄅㄤˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dong yi lángto̊u si yi bàngzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹ i¹ lang²-tʻou⁵ hsi¹ i¹ pang⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: dūng yī láng-tou syī yī bàng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong i lang.tou shi i banqtzyy
    • Palladius: дун и лантоу си и банцзы (dun i lantou si i banczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³ ɕi⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ jat¹ long⁴ tau⁴ sai¹ jat¹ paang⁵ zi²
    • Yale: dūng yāt lòhng tàuh sāi yāt páahng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ jat⁷ long⁴ tau⁴ sai¹ jat⁷ paang⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ yed¹ long⁴ teo⁴ sei¹ yed¹ pang⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ lɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ sɐi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ pʰaːŋ¹³ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

東一榔頭西一棒子

1. (figurative) doing things without clear organisation or objective