凶多吉少

Chinese

		fierce; terrible; ominous	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
trad. (凶多吉少/兇多吉少)		凶/兇	多	吉	少
simp. (凶多吉少)		凶	多	吉	少

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiōngduōjíshǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄉㄨㄛㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ do¹ gat¹ siu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiōngduōjíshǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄉㄨㄛㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongduojyishao
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ do¹ gat¹ siu²
  - Yale: hūng dō gāt síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ do¹ gat⁷ siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ do¹ ged¹ xiu²
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

凶多吉少

to be more ominous than propitious; fraught with grim possibilities

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