炮灰

Chinese

		cannon; gun; firecracker	grey; ash
trad. (炮灰)		炮	灰
simp. #(炮灰)		炮	灰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàohuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³ fui¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàu-her / phàu-he / phàu-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàohuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàohuei
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao⁴-hui¹
    • Yale: pàu-hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pawhuei
    • Palladius: паохуэй (paoxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau³ fui¹
    • Yale: paau fūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau³ fui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao³ fui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³³ fuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-her
    • Tâi-lô: phàu-her
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hə³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-he
    • Tâi-lô: phàu-he
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phao'hef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ he⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: phàu-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phao'hoef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

炮灰

1. cannon fodder