人多手腳亂

Chinese

		man; person; people	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	hand and foot; motion; action	in confusion; disorderly
trad. (人多手腳亂)		人	多	手腳	亂
simp. (人多手脚乱)		人	多	手脚	乱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénduōshǒujiǎoluàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ do¹ sau² goek³ lyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénduōshǒujiǎoluàn [Phonetic: rénduōshóujiǎoluàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénduoshǒujiǎoluàn
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-to¹-shou³-chiao³-luan⁴
    • Yale: rén-dwō-shǒu-jyǎu-lwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renduoshooujeauluann
    • Palladius: жэньдошоуцзяолуань (žɛnʹdošouczjaoluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ do¹ sau² goek³ lyun⁶
    • Yale: yàhn dō sáu geuk lyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ do¹ sau² goek⁸ lyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ do¹ seo² gêg³ lün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ kœːk̚³ lyːn²²/

Proverb

人多手腳亂

1. too many cooks spoil the broth; too many people being involved in a task leads to chaos

See also

• 人多好辦事／人多好办事 (rénduōhǎobànshì)