一盤散沙

一盤散沙

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	dish; tray; to build dish; tray; to build; to check; to examine; to transfer; (a measure word used for dishes of food or coils of wire); to coil	scattered sand; disunity; incohesiveness
trad. (一盤散沙)		一	盤	散沙
simp. (一盘散沙)		一	盘	散沙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīpánsǎnshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄆㄢˊ ㄙㄢˇ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ pun⁴ saan² saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīpánsǎnshā [Phonetic: yìpánsǎnshā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄆㄢˊ ㄙㄢˇ ㄕㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iparnsaansha
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yipánsǎnsha
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰän³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ pun⁴ saan² saa¹
    • Yale: yāt pùhn sáan sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ pun⁴ saan² saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ pun⁴ san² sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ pʰuːn²¹ säːn³⁵ säː⁵⁵/

Idiom

一盤散沙

1. to be in a state of disunity