星羅棋布

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze	any chess-like game or game requiring strategy	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
trad. (星羅棋布)		星	羅	棋	布
simp. (星罗棋布)		星	罗	棋	布
Literally: “scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngluóqíbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ lo⁴ kei⁴ bou³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ lo⁵ gi⁵ bu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngluóqíbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singluócíbù
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-lo²-chʻi²-pu⁴
    • Yale: syīng-lwó-chí-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingluochyibuh
    • Palladius: синлоцибу (sinlocibu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ lo⁴ kei⁴ bou³
    • Yale: sīng lòh kèih bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ lo⁴ kei⁴ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ lo⁴ kéi⁴ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ pou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ lo⁵ gi⁵ bu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ lô kî pù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ki⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pu²¹³/

Idiom

星羅棋布

1. to be spread all over the place; to be dotted with