歃血為盟

Chinese

		to smear one's mouth with the blood of a sacrificed animal	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	oath; pledge; union oath; pledge; union; to ally
trad. (歃血為盟/歃血爲盟)		歃血	為/爲	盟
simp. (歃血为盟)		歃血	为	盟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàxuèwéiméng, shàxuěwéiméng, shàxiěwéiméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ, ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ, ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saap³ hyut³ wai⁴ mang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sap-hiat-ûi-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàxuèwéiméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàsyuèwéiméng
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-hsüeh⁴-wei²-mêng²
    • Yale: shà-sywè-wéi-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahshiuehweimeng
    • Palladius: шасюэвэймэн (šasjuevɛjmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàxuěwéiméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàsyuěwéiméng
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-hsüeh³-wei²-mêng²
    • Yale: shà-sywě-wéi-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahsheueweimeng
    • Palladius: шасюэвэймэн (šasjuevɛjmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàxiěwéiméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàsiěwéiméng
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-hsieh³-wei²-mêng²
    • Yale: shà-syě-wéi-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahshieeweimeng
    • Palladius: шасевэймэн (šasevɛjmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saap³ hyut³ wai⁴ mang⁴
    • Yale: saap hyut wàih màhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saap⁸ hyt⁸ wai⁴ mang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sab³ hüd³ wei⁴ meng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːp̚³ hyːt̚³ wɐi̯²¹ mɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sap-hiat-ûi-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: sap-hiat-uî-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sap'hiat'ui'beeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sap̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

Idiom

歃血為盟

1. to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath