烏合之眾

Chinese

		to gather in a hasty and disorderly manner, like a murder of crows	's; him/her/it; this	numerous; multitude; crowd
trad. (烏合之眾/烏合之衆)		烏合	之	眾/衆
simp. (乌合之众)		乌合	之	众
Literally: “crowd of gathering crows”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūhézhīzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄏㄜˊ ㄓ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ hap⁶ zi¹ zung³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-ha̍p-chi-chiòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūhézhīzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄏㄜˊ ㄓ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuhéjhihjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-ho²-chih¹-chung⁴
    • Yale: wū-hé-jr̄-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uherjyjonq
    • Palladius: ухэчжичжун (uxɛčžičžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ hap⁶ zi¹ zung³
    • Yale: wū hahp jī jung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ hap⁹ dzi¹ dzung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ heb⁶ ji¹ zung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ hɐp̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ha̍p-chi-chiòng
    • Tâi-lô: oo-ha̍p-tsi-tsiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'habcicioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ hap̚²⁴⁻² t͡si³³ t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔŋ²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 烏合之眾

1. disorderly group of people; mob; rabble