以牙還牙

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	tooth; ivory	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	tooth; ivory
trad. (以牙還牙)		以	牙	還	牙
simp. (以牙还牙)		以	牙	还	牙

Etymology

From the Chinese translation of the biblical phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (以眼還眼，以牙還牙).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐyáhuányá

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ngaa⁴ waan⁴ ngaa⁴
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): í-gê-hoân-gê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐyáhuányá
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐyáhuányá
    • Wade–Giles: i³-ya²-huan²-ya²
    • Yale: yǐ-yá-hwán-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiyahwanya
    • Palladius: ияхуанья (ijaxuanʹja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵ xu̯än³⁵⁻⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ ngaa⁴ waan⁴ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: yíh ngàh wàahn ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ngaa⁴ waan⁴ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ nga⁴ wan⁴ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ ŋaː²¹ waːn²¹ ŋaː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-gê-hoân-gê
    • Tâi-lô: í-gê-huân-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y'ge'hoan'gee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴⁻²² huan²⁴⁻²² ɡe²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡe²⁴⁻²² huan²⁴⁻²² ɡe²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe¹³⁻²² huan¹³⁻²² ɡe¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴⁻¹¹ huan²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²³⁻³³ huan²³⁻³³ ɡe²³/

Idiom

以牙還牙

1. to take an eye for an eye