飛揚跋扈

Chinese

		to fly upward; to rise; to be high-spirited to fly upward; to rise; to be high-spirited; to be full of vigour	domineering; overbearing; bossy
trad. (飛揚跋扈)		飛揚	跋扈
simp. (飞扬跋扈)		飞扬	跋扈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēiyángbáhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄚˊ ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ joeng⁴ bat⁶ wu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiyángbáhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄚˊ ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feiyángbáhù
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-yang²-pa²-hu⁴
    • Yale: fēi-yáng-bá-hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiyangbarhuh
    • Palladius: фэйянбаху (fɛjjanbaxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ pä³⁵ xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ joeng⁴ bat⁶ wu⁶
    • Yale: fēi yèuhng baht wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ joeng⁴ bat⁹ wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ yêng⁴ bed⁶ wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ pɐt̚² wuː²²/

Idiom

飛揚跋扈

1. (derogatory) arrogant and domineering