螃蟹過河——七手八腳

螃蟹過河——七手八腳

Chinese

		crab	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	river		seven hands, eight feet; with many people lending a hand; chaotically
trad. (螃蟹過河——七手八腳)		螃蟹	過	河	——	七手八腳
simp. (螃蟹过河——七手八脚)		螃蟹	过	河	——	七手八脚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángxiè guò hé, qīshǒubājiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄑㄧ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ haai⁵ gwo³ ho⁴, cat¹ sau² baat³ goek³

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pángxiè guò hé, qīshǒubājiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄑㄧ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngshieh guoh her, chichibaba
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángsiè guò hé, cishǒubajiǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕjɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kwɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ haai⁵ gwo³ ho⁴, cat¹ sau² baat³ goek³
    • Yale: pòhng háaih gwo hòh, chāt sáu baat geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ haai⁵ gwo³ ho⁴, tsat⁷ sau² baat⁸ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ hai⁵ guo³ ho⁴, ced¹ seo² bad³ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ häːi̯¹³ kʷɔː³³ hɔː²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ päːt̚³ kœ̽ːk̚³/

Idiom

螃蟹過河——七手八腳

1. (xiehouyu) chaotic; many people lending a hand