橫七豎八

橫七豎八

See also: 横七竖八

Chinese

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	seven	(straight down character stroke); to erect; vertical	eight
trad. (橫七豎八)		橫	七	豎	八
simp. (横七竖八)		横	七	竖	八

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héngqīshùbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄑㄧ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ cat¹ syu⁶ baat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: héngqīshùbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄑㄧ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngchishuhba
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waang⁴ cat¹ syu⁶ baat³
    • Yale: wàahng chāt syuh baat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ tsat⁷ sy⁶ baat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ ced¹ xu⁶ bad³
    • IPA ^(key): /wäːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ ʃyː²² päːt̚³/

Idiom

橫七豎八

1. in disorder, at sixes and sevens