甚囂塵上

Chinese

		very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what	clamor	dust; dirt; earth	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (甚囂塵上)		甚	囂	塵	上
simp. (甚嚣尘上)		甚	嚣	尘	上
Literally: “clamor raises the dust”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shènxiāochénshàng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄠㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam⁶ hiu¹ can⁴ soeng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shènxiāochénshàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄠㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shennshiauchernshanq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam⁶ hiu¹ can⁴ soeng⁶
  - Yale: sahm hīu chàhn seuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam⁶ hiu¹ tsan⁴ soeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem⁶ hiu¹ cen⁴ sêng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐm²² hiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹ sœ̽ːŋ²²/

Idiom

甚囂塵上

a tremendous clamor, to raise a tremendous stink

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