十有八九

Chinese

		ten	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	eight	nine
trad. (十有八九)		十	有	八	九
simp. ^#(十有八九)		十	有	八	九
Literally: “eight or nine out of ten”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíyǒubājiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄚㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ jau⁵ baat³ gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíyǒubājiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄚㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyǒubajiǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-yu³-pa¹-chiu³
  - Yale: shŕ-yǒu-bā-jyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryeoubajeou
  - Palladius: шиюбацзю (šijubaczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ jau⁵ baat³ gau²
  - Yale: sahp yáuh baat gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ jau⁵ baat⁸ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yeo⁵ bad³ geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jɐu̯¹³ paːt̚³ kɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

十有八九

most; mostly; the majority
in all likelihood

Synonyms

十之八九 (shízhībājiǔ)

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