雞飛蛋打

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	to fly	egg; oval shaped	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
trad. (雞飛蛋打)		雞	飛	蛋	打
simp. (鸡飞蛋打)		鸡	飞	蛋	打
Literally: “the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīfēidàndǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄈㄟㄉㄢˋ ㄉㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ fei¹ daan^6-2 daa²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīfēidàndǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄈㄟㄉㄢˋ ㄉㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jifeidanndaa
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ tän⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai¹ fei¹ daan^6-2 daa²
  - Yale: gāi fēi dáan dá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ fei¹ daan^6-2 daa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ féi¹ dan² da²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ täːn²²⁻³⁵ täː³⁵/

Idiom

雞飛蛋打

(figuratively) everything is lost; a dead loss

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