前呼後擁

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breathe out; to exhale	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	(v) gather round; rush in; crowd (v) gather round; rush in; crowd; throng; to hold; crowded; to support
trad. (前呼後擁)		前	呼	後	擁
simp. (前呼后拥)		前	呼	后	拥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánhūhòuyǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄏㄡˋ ㄩㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ fu¹ hau⁶ jung²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánhūhòuyǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄏㄡˋ ㄩㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánhuhòuyǒng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hu¹-hou⁴-yung³
  - Yale: chyán-hū-hòu-yǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanhuhowyeong
  - Palladius: цяньхухоуюн (cjanʹxuxoujun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ xu⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ fu¹ hau⁶ jung²
  - Yale: chìhn fū hauh yúng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ fu¹ hau⁶ jung²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ fu¹ heo⁶ yung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ fuː⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² jʊŋ³⁵/

Idiom

前呼後擁

describes the grand and loud scene of government officials or important personages touring, with many attendants yelling to clear the way and clustering around the officials or personages to protect them