朝三暮四

朝三暮四

Chinese

		morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; (abbr.) Korea, esp. N. Korea	three	evening; dusk; sunset evening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing	four
simp. and trad. (朝三暮四)		朝	三	暮	四
Literally: “to say three in the morning but four in the evening”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāosānmùsì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄙㄢ ㄇㄨˋ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ saam¹ mou⁶ sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhāosānmùsì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄙㄢ ㄇㄨˋ ㄙˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jausanmuhsyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ saam¹ mou⁶ sei³
    • Yale: jīu sāam mouh sei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ saam¹ mou⁶ sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ sam¹ mou⁶ séi³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ säːm⁵⁵ mou̯²² sei̯³³/

Idiom

朝三暮四

1. to change something that is already settled upon; to blow hot and cold