捅馬蜂窩

捅馬蜂窩

Chinese

		poke through	nest of hornets or wasps; difficult or unpleasant person or situation; hornets' nest
trad. (捅馬蜂窩)		捅	馬蜂窩
simp. (捅马蜂窝)		捅	马蜂窝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǒng mǎfēngwō

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ ㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tǒng mǎfēngwō [Phonetic: tóngmǎfēngwō]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ ㄨㄛ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toong maafenguo
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ u̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹
    • Yale: túng máh fūng wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung² ma⁵ fung¹ wo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ mäː¹³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ wɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

捅馬蜂窩

1. (literally and figuratively) to stir up a hornets' nest