拈花惹草

Chinese

			flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to provoke; to exasperate; to annoy	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (拈花惹草)		拈	花	惹	草
simp. #(拈花惹草)		拈	花	惹	草
Literally: “toy with flowers and grass”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niānhuārěcǎo, niánhuārěcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ, ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim¹ faa¹ je⁵ cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niānhuārěcǎo [Phonetic: niānhuārécǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nianhuarěcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: nien¹-hua¹-jê³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: nyān-hwā-rě-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhianhuareetsao
    • Palladius: няньхуажэцао (njanʹxuažɛcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánhuārěcǎo [Phonetic: niánhuārécǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄜˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánhuarěcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-hua¹-jê³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: nyán-hwā-rě-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianhuareetsao
    • Palladius: няньхуажэцао (njanʹxuažɛcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nim¹ faa¹ je⁵ cou²
    • Yale: nīm fā yéh chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim¹ faa¹ je⁵ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim¹ fa¹ yé⁵ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ jɛː¹³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

拈花惹草

1. to dally with women; to philander