犄角旮旯

Chinese

		to divide one's military forces into two separate groups so that one can attack on two different fronts	corner; remote or narrow place
trad. (犄角旮旯)		犄角	旮旯
simp. ^#(犄角旮旯)		犄角	旮旯
alternative forms		犄角旯旮犄里旮旯犄里旯旮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jījiǎogālá

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄚㄌㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ gok³ go¹ lo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jījiǎogālá
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄚㄌㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jijiǎogalá
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-chiao³-ka¹-la²
  - Yale: jī-jyǎu-gā-lá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijeaugala
  - Palladius: цзицзяогала (cziczjaogala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kä⁵⁵ lä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jījiǎorgālár
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄐㄧㄠˇㄦㄍㄚㄌㄚˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jijiǎorgalár
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-chiao³-ʼrh-ka¹-la²-ʼrh
  - Yale: jī-jyǎur-gā-lár
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijeaulgalal
  - Palladius: цзицзяоргалар (cziczjaorgalar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kä⁵⁵ lɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ gok³ go¹ lo¹
  - Yale: gēi gok gō lō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ gok⁸ go¹ lo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ gog³ go¹ lo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³ kɔː⁵⁵ lɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

犄角旮旯

(dialectal, colloquial) every nook and corner; every nook and cranny
我犄角旮旯都找遍了，還是找不見那本書。 [MSC, trad.]
我犄角旮旯都找遍了，还是找不见那本书。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ jījiǎogālá dōu zhǎo biàn le, háishì zhǎo bùjiàn nà běn shū. [Pinyin]
I've searched every nook and corner, but still couldn't find that book.

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