擢髮難數

Chinese

		pull out; select	hair	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (擢髮難數)		擢	髮	難	數
simp. (擢发难数)		擢	发	难	数
Literally: “so many that one cannot finish counting even with all strands of hair pulled out”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuófǎnánshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok⁶ faat³ naan⁴ sou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhuófǎnánshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwofaananshuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ nän³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok⁶ faat³ naan⁴ sou²
  - Yale: johk faat nàahn sóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁹ faat⁸ naan⁴ sou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zog⁶ fad³ nan⁴ sou²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚² fäːt̚³ näːn²¹ sou̯³⁵/

Idiom

擢髮難數

innumerable crimes

Synonyms

罄竹難書／罄竹难书 (qìngzhúnánshū)

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