一炮而紅

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	cannon; gun; firecracker	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (一炮而紅)		一	炮	而	紅
simp. (一炮而红)		一	炮	而	红

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīpào'érhóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄆㄠˋ ㄦˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ paau³ ji⁴ hung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīpào'érhóng [Phonetic: yípào'érhóng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄆㄠˋ ㄦˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yipào-érhóng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-pʻao⁴-êrh²-hung²
    • Yale: yī-pàu-ér-húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ipawerlhorng
    • Palladius: ипаоэрхун (ipaoerxun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ paau³ ji⁴ hung⁴
    • Yale: yāt paau yìh hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ paau³ ji⁴ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ pao³ yi⁴ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ pʰaːu̯³³ jiː²¹ hʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

一炮而紅

1. to become famous overnight