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Chinese
to change one's opinions completely | |||
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): guāmùxiāngkàn
- (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄎㄢˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaat3 muk6 soeng1 hon1 / gwaat3 muk6 soeng1 hon3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koat-bo̍k-siong-khàn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: guāmùxiāngkàn
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄎㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guamùsiangkàn
- Wade–Giles: kua1-mu4-hsiang1-kʻan4
- Yale: gwā-mù-syāng-kàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guamuhshiangkann
- Palladius: гуамусянкань (guamusjankanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwaat3 muk6 soeng1 hon1 / gwaat3 muk6 soeng1 hon3
- Yale: gwaat muhk sēung hōn / gwaat muhk sēung hon
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwaat8 muk9 soeng1 hon1 / gwaat8 muk9 soeng1 hon3
- Guangdong Romanization: guad3 mug6 sêng1 hon1 / guad3 mug6 sêng1 hon3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷaːt̚³ mʊk̚² sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːn⁵⁵/, /kʷaːt̚³ mʊk̚² sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-bo̍k-siong-khàn
- Tâi-lô: kuat-bo̍k-siong-khàn
- Phofsit Daibuun: koatbogsiongqaxn
- IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰan²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
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- to be astonished by someone's progress
- to treat someone with renewed respect