此起彼落

Chinese

		this; these	to rise; to raise; to get up	that; those; (one) another)	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (此起彼落)		此	起	彼	落
simp. #(此起彼落)		此	起	彼	落

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǐqǐbǐluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² hei² bei² lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǐqǐbǐluò [Phonetic: cíqíbǐluò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐhcǐbǐluò
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ³-chʻi³-pi³-lo⁴
    • Yale: tsž-chǐ-bǐ-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyychiibiiluoh
    • Palladius: цыцибило (cycibilo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² hei² bei² lok⁶
    • Yale: chí héi béi lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² hei² bei² lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² héi² béi² log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ hei̯³⁵ pei̯³⁵ lɔːk̚²/

Idiom

此起彼落

1. (of sounds) rising and falling; continuous; unceasing

Synonyms

• 此起彼伏 (cǐqǐbǐfú)