緩兵之計

Chinese

		slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	's; him/her/it; this	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (緩兵之計)		緩	兵	之	計
simp. (缓兵之计)		缓	兵	之	计

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǎnbīngzhījì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ bing¹ zi¹ gai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oān-peng-chi-kè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎnbīngzhījì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎnbingjhihjì
    • Wade–Giles: huan³-ping¹-chih¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: hwǎn-bīng-jr̄-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanbingjyjih
    • Palladius: хуаньбинчжицзи (xuanʹbinčžiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ bing¹ zi¹ gai³
    • Yale: wuhn bīng jī gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ bing¹ dzi¹ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ bing¹ ji¹ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-peng-chi-kè
    • Tâi-lô: uān-ping-tsi-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnpengci'kex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁴¹⁻²² piɪŋ³³ t͡si³³ ke⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ ke¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ ke²¹/

Idiom

緩兵之計

1. stalling tactic