拈花惹草
Chinese
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
to provoke; to exasperate; to annoy | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | |||
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| trad. (拈花惹草) | 拈 | 花 | 惹 | 草 | |
| simp. #(拈花惹草) | 拈 | 花 | 惹 | 草 | |
| Literally: “toy with flowers and grass”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: niānhuārěcǎo [Phonetic: niānhuārécǎo]
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nianhuarěcǎo
- Wade–Giles: nien1-hua1-jê3-tsʻao3
- Yale: nyān-hwā-rě-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhianhuareetsao
- Palladius: няньхуажэцао (njanʹxuažɛcao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: niánhuārěcǎo [Phonetic: niánhuārécǎo]
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: niánhuarěcǎo
- Wade–Giles: nien2-hua1-jê3-tsʻao3
- Yale: nyán-hwā-rě-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianhuareetsao
- Palladius: няньхуажэцао (njanʹxuažɛcao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: nim1 faa1 je5 cou2
- Yale: nīm fā yéh chóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: nim1 faa1 je5 tsou2
- Guangdong Romanization: nim1 fa1 yé5 cou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /niːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ jɛː¹³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
拈花惹草