一窩蜂

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	nest	bee; wasp
trad. (一窩蜂)		一	窩	蜂
simp. (一窝蜂)		一	窝	蜂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīwōfēng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄨㄛㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ wo¹ fung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīwōfēng [Phonetic: yìwōfēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄨㄛㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiwofong
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-wo¹-fêng¹
  - Yale: yī-wō-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuofeng
  - Palladius: ивофэн (ivofɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ wɔ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ wo¹ fung¹
  - Yale: yāt wō fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ wo¹ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ wo¹ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ wɔː⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Adverb

一窩蜂

like a swarm of bees
孩子們一窩蜂似地奔向海灘 [MSC, trad.]
孩子们一窝蜂似地奔向海滩 [MSC, simp.]
háizimen yīwōfēng sìde bēnxiàng hǎitān [Pinyin]
The children swarmed towards the beach.

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