東拼西湊

Chinese

		east	piece together; stake (all); spell piece together; stake (all); spell; join together	west	assemble; put together; press near assemble; put together; press near; come together
trad. (東拼西湊)		東	拼	西	湊
simp. (东拼西凑)		东	拼	西	凑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngpīnxīcòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄆㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄘㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ ping³ sai¹ cau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngpīnxīcòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄆㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄘㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongpinsicòu
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-pʻin¹-hsi¹-tsʻou⁴
    • Yale: dūng-pīn-syī-tsòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongpinshitsow
    • Palladius: дунпиньсицоу (dunpinʹsicou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ ping³ sai¹ cau³
    • Yale: dūng ping sāi chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ ping³ sai¹ tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ ping³ sei¹ ceo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ³³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯³³/

Idiom

東拼西湊

1. to assemble bits and pieces; to gather from all over the place