四分五裂

Chinese

		four	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	five	crack; split
trad. (四分五裂)		四	分	五	裂
simp. #(四分五裂)		四	分	五	裂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìfēnwǔliè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄈㄣ ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ fan¹ ng⁵ lit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìfēnwǔliè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄈㄣ ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhfenwǔliè
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-fên¹-wu³-lieh⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-fēn-wǔ-lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhfenwuulieh
    • Palladius: сыфэньуле (syfɛnʹule)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ fan¹ ng⁵ lit⁶
    • Yale: sei fān ńgh liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ fan¹ ng⁵ lit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ fen¹ ng⁵ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ fɐn⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³ liːt̚²/

Idiom

四分五裂

1. to be rent by disunity; to disintegrate