和事佬

Chinese

		make peace	man; guy
simp. and trad. (和事佬)		和事	佬
variant forms		和事老

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héshìlǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ si⁶ lou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fò-sṳ-ló
Min Nan (POJ): hô-sū-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: héshìlǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershyhlao
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: héshìlǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershyhlaol
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ laʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo⁴ si⁶ lou²
  - Yale: wòh sih lóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ si⁶ lou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ xi⁶ lou²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ siː²² lou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fò-sṳ-ló
  - Hakka Romanization System: foˇ sii lo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fo² si⁴ lo³
  - IPA: /fo¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵ lo³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-sū-ló
  - Tâi-lô: hô-sū-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoisuxloir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² su²²⁻²¹ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² su⁴¹⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² su²²⁻²¹ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ su³³⁻²¹ lɤ⁴¹/

Noun

和事佬

(colloquial) mediator; peacemaker (especially one that tries to achieve peace without principles)

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