梅開二度

Chinese

		plum flower	open; operate (vehicle); start	two	capacity; degree; standard
trad. (梅開二度)		梅	開	二	度
simp. (梅开二度)		梅	开	二	度
Literally: “plum blossoms a second time”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méikāi'èrdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄎㄞ ㄦˋ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ hoi¹ ji⁶ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méikāi'èrdù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄎㄞ ㄦˋ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méikai-èrdù
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-kʻai¹-êrh⁴-tu⁴
    • Yale: méi-kāi-èr-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meikaiellduh
    • Palladius: мэйкайэрду (mɛjkajɛrdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ hoi¹ ji⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: mùih hōi yih douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ hoi¹ ji⁶ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ hoi¹ yi⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jiː²² tou̯²²/

Idiom

梅開二度

1. to do the same thing twice (e.g. to remarry or score twice in a game)