高朋滿座

See also: 高朋满座

Chinese

		good friend	to fill; to fulfil; filled to fill; to fulfil; filled; packed; Manchurian	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
trad. (高朋滿座)		高朋	滿	座
simp. (高朋满座)		高朋	满	座

Etymology

From Tengwang Ge Xu by 王勃 (Wang Bo):

十旬休暇，勝友如雲，千里逢迎，高朋滿座。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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十旬休暇，胜友如云，千里逢迎，高朋满座。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》

Shíxún xiū xiá, shèng yǒu rú yún, qiānlǐ féng yíng, gāopéngmǎnzuò. [Pinyin]

Today is the holiday that occurs every ten days. Friends are gathering like clouds. Noble guests arrive from remote places, and fill up all the seats.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāopéngmǎnzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄆㄥˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ pang⁴ mun⁵ zo⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāopéngmǎnzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄆㄥˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaopéngmǎnzuò
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-pʻêng²-man³-tso⁴
    • Yale: gāu-péng-mǎn-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauperngmaantzuoh
    • Palladius: гаопэнманьцзо (gaopɛnmanʹczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵ män²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ pang⁴ mun⁵ zo⁶
    • Yale: gōu pàhng múhn joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ pang⁴ mun⁵ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ peng⁴ mun⁵ zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ pʰɐŋ²¹ muːn¹³ t͡sɔː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kaw bong manX dzwaH

Rime
Character	高	朋	滿	座
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	並 (3)	明 (4)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	登 (129)	桓 (62)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	古勞切	步崩切	莫旱切	徂卧切
Baxter	kaw	bong	manX	dzwaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑu/	/bəŋ/	/muɑnX/	/d͡zuɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑu/	/bəŋ/	/mʷɑnX/	/d͡zuɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑu/	/bəŋ/	/muɑnX/	/d͡zuɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaw/	/bəŋ/	/mwanX/	/d͡zwaH/
Li Rong	/kɑu/	/bəŋ/	/muɑnX/	/d͡zuɑH/
Wang Li	/kɑu/	/bəŋ/	/muɑnX/	/d͡zuɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑu/	/bʱəŋ/	/muɑnX/	/d͡zʱuɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāo	péng	mǎn	zuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou1	pang4	mun5	zo6

Idiom

高朋滿座

1. to have a large number of friends and guests

Synonyms

• 賓客盈門／宾客盈门
• 賓朋滿座／宾朋满座

Antonyms

• 門可羅雀／门可罗雀 (ménkěluóquè)
• 鬼也不上門／鬼也不上门 (guǐ yě bù shàng mén)