半路殺出個程咬金

Chinese

		halfway; midway; on the way halfway; midway; on the way; the middle	to kill; to murder; to slaughter	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	(a measure word); individual	Cheng Yaojin
trad. (半路殺出個程咬金)		半路	殺	出	個	程咬金
simp. (半路杀出个程咬金)		半路	杀	出	个	程咬金
alternative forms		半路上殺出個程咬金／半路上杀出个程咬金半道上殺出了個程咬金／半道上杀出了个程咬金

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànlù shā chū ge Chéng Yǎojīn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄚㄔㄨ ˙ㄍㄜㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ lou⁶ saat³ ceot¹ go³ cing⁴ ngaau⁵ gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànlù shā chū ge Chéng Yǎojīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄚㄔㄨ ˙ㄍㄜㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànlù sha chu ge̊ Chéng Yǎojin
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-lu⁴ sha¹ chʻu¹ ko⁵ Chʻêng² Yao³-chin¹
  - Yale: bàn-lù shā chū ge Chéng Yǎu-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannluh sha chu .ge Cherng Yeaujin
  - Palladius: баньлу ша чу гэ Чэн Яоцзинь (banʹlu ša ču gɛ Čɛn Jaoczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ g̊ə² ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ lou⁶ saat³ ceot¹ go³ cing⁴ ngaau⁵ gam¹
  - Yale: bun louh saat chēut go chìhng ngáauh gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ lou⁶ saat⁸ tsoet⁷ go³ tsing⁴ ngaau⁵ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ lou⁶ sad³ cêd¹ go³ qing⁴ ngao⁵ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ lou̯²² saːt̚³ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kɔː³³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ ŋaːu̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

半路殺出個程咬金

someone or something unexpected appears and disrupts the matter; to be thrown a spanner in the works