十面埋伏

Chinese

		ten	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	to set up an ambush; to ambush; to hide to set up an ambush; to ambush; to hide; to lie low
simp. and trad. (十面埋伏)		十	面	埋伏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shímiànmáifú

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ min⁶ maai⁴ fuk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shímiànmáifú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shymiannmaifwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ maɪ̯³⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ min⁶ maai⁴ fuk⁶
  - Yale: sahp mihn màaih fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ min⁶ maai⁴ fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ min⁶ mai⁴ fug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² miːn²² mäːi̯²¹ fʊk̚²/

Idiom

十面埋伏

to ambush on all sides
to be surrounded

Proper noun

十面埋伏

historical battle of Chinese history (202 BCE)
Ambush from Ten Sides (classical piece written for the pipa)

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