橫七豎八

See also: 横七竖八

Chinese

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	seven	(straight down character stroke); to erect; vertical	eight
trad. (橫七豎八)		橫	七	豎	八
simp. (横七竖八)		横	七	竖	八

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héngqīshùbā

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ cat¹ syu⁶ baat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: héngqīshùbā
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngchishuhba
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waang⁴ cat¹ syu⁶ baat³
  - Yale: wàahng chāt syuh baat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ tsat⁷ sy⁶ baat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ ced¹ xu⁶ bad³
  - IPA ^(key): /wäːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ ʃyː²² päːt̚³/

Idiom

橫七豎八

in disorder, at sixes and sevens

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