紅白大事

Chinese

		red and white; happy and sad events in life	important matter; big deal; major event important matter; big deal; major event; great thing
trad. (紅白大事)		紅白	大事
simp. (红白大事)		红白	大事

Etymology

Red (紅事): weddings; white (白事): funerals.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngbáidàshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ baak⁶ daai⁶ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngbáidàshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngbáidàshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-pai²-ta⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: húng-bái-dà-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngbairdahshyh
  - Palladius: хунбайдаши (xunbajdaši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ baak⁶ daai⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: hùhng baahk daaih sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ baak⁹ daai⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ bag⁶ dai⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ paːk̚² taːi̯²² siː²²/

Idiom

紅白大事

matters related to weddings and funerals

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