一波三折

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	wave; (Cantonese) ball	three	tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)
simp. and trad. (一波三折)		一	波	三	折
Literally: “one stroke, three changes in direction of the brush”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yībōsānzhé

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄅㄛㄙㄢㄓㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ bo¹ saam¹ zit³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-pho-sam-chiat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yībōsānzhé [Phonetic: yìbōsānzhé]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄅㄛㄙㄢㄓㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yibosanjhé
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-po¹-san¹-chê²
  - Yale: yī-bwō-sān-jé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibosanjer
  - Palladius: ибосаньчжэ (ibosanʹčžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ bo¹ saam¹ zit³
  - Yale: yāt bō sāam jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ bo¹ saam¹ dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bo¹ sam¹ jid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ pɔː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-pho-sam-chiat
  - Tâi-lô: it-pho-sam-tsiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itphoisamciad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ pʰo³³ sam³³ t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/

Idiom

一波三折

(originally) calligraphic flourish with many twists
(figurative) to be full of ups and downs; to have many twists and turns

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