條條框框

Chinese

		measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article	measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article	frame; door frame	frame; door frame
trad. (條條框框)		條	條	框	框
simp. (条条框框)		条	条	框	框

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiáotiáokuàngkuàng, tiáotiáokuāngkuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄤˋ, ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄤㄎㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ tiu⁴ kwaang¹ kwaang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiáotiáokuàngkuàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyautyaukuanqkuanq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiáotiáokuàngkuàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰjɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰwɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰwɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiáotiáokuāngkuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄤㄎㄨㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyautyaukuangkuang
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiáotiáokuangkuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰjɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰwɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰwɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ kwaang¹ kwaang¹
  - Yale: tìuh tìuh kwāang kwāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ kwaang¹ kwaang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ tiu⁴ kuang¹ kuang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹ kʷʰäːŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰäːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

條條框框

rigid and inflexible rules

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