甚囂塵上

甚囂塵上

Chinese

		very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what	clamor	dust; dirt; earth	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (甚囂塵上)		甚	囂	塵	上
simp. (甚嚣尘上)		甚	嚣	尘	上
Literally: “clamor raises the dust”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shènxiāochénshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁶ hiu¹ can⁴ soeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shènxiāochénshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shennshiauchernshanq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam⁶ hiu¹ can⁴ soeng⁶
    • Yale: sahm hīu chàhn seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁶ hiu¹ tsan⁴ soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem⁶ hiu¹ cen⁴ sêng⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐm²² hiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹ sœ̽ːŋ²²/

Idiom

甚囂塵上

1. a tremendous clamor, to raise a tremendous stink