五胡亂華

Chinese

		Five Barbarians	to throw into disorder	flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (五胡亂華)		五胡	亂	華
simp. (五胡乱华)		五胡	乱	华

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔhúluànhuá

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ wu⁴ lyun⁶ waa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔhúluànhuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔhúluànhuá
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-hu²-luan⁴-hua²
  - Yale: Wǔ-hú-lwàn-hwá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuhwuluannhwa
  - Palladius: Ухулуаньхуа (Uxuluanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ wu⁴ lyun⁶ waa⁴
  - Yale: ńgh wùh lyuhn wàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ wu⁴ lyn⁶ waa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ wu⁴ lün⁶ wa⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ wuː²¹ lyːn²² waː²¹/

Proper noun

五胡亂華

Invasion and rebellion of the Five Barbarians (304–316)
- 又五胡亂華以來，生民塗炭，冤橫死亡者，不可勝數。其中設獲蘇息，必釋教是賴。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  又五胡乱华以来，生民涂炭，冤横死亡者，不可胜数。其中设获苏息，必释教是赖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 6th century, 僧祐, 弘明集
  Yòu wǔhúluànhuá yǐlái, shēngmín tútàn, yuānhèng sǐwáng zhě, bùkěshèngshǔ. Qízhōng shè huò sūxī, bì shìjiào shì lài. [Pinyin]
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- 漢靈帝好胡笛。五胡亂華，石遵玩之不絕音。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  汉灵帝好胡笛。五胡乱华，石遵玩之不绝音。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Old Book of Tang, 945 CE
  Hàn Líng dì hǎo húdí. Wǔhúluànhuá, Shí Zūn wán zhī bù jué yīn. [Pinyin]
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