人多手腳亂

Chinese

		man; person; people	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	hand and foot; motion; action	in confusion; disorderly
trad. (人多手腳亂)		人	多	手腳	亂
simp. (人多手脚乱)		人	多	手脚	乱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénduōshǒujiǎoluàn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ do¹ sau² goek³ lyun⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénduōshǒujiǎoluàn [Phonetic: rénduōshóujiǎoluàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénduoshǒujiǎoluàn
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-to¹-shou³-chiao³-luan⁴
  - Yale: rén-dwō-shǒu-jyǎu-lwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renduoshooujeauluann
  - Palladius: жэньдошоуцзяолуань (žɛnʹdošouczjaoluanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ do¹ sau² goek³ lyun⁶
  - Yale: yàhn dō sáu geuk lyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ do¹ sau² goek⁸ lyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ do¹ seo² gêg³ lün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ kœːk̚³ lyːn²²/

Proverb

人多手腳亂

too many cooks spoil the broth; too many people being involved in a task leads to chaos

See also

人多好辦事／人多好办事 (rénduōhǎobànshì)

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