一禾九穗

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	cereal; grain	nine	ear of grain
simp. and trad. (一禾九穗)		一	禾	九	穗
Literally: “nine ears of grain in one stalk”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīhéjiǔsuì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄏㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ wo⁴ gau² seoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīhéjiǔsuì [Phonetic: yìhéjiǔsuì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄏㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yihéjiǒusuèi
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-ho²-chiu³-sui⁴
  - Yale: yī-hé-jyǒu-swèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iherjeousuey
  - Palladius: ихэцзюсуй (ixɛczjusuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ wo⁴ gau² seoi⁶
  - Yale: yāt wòh gáu seuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ wo⁴ gau² soey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ wo⁴ geo² sêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ wɔː²¹ kɐu̯³⁵ sɵy̯²²/

Idiom

一禾九穗

(literary, figurative) auspicious omen

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