五胡亂華

Chinese

		Five Barbarians	to throw into disorder	flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (五胡亂華)		五胡	亂	華
simp. (五胡乱华)		五胡	乱	华

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔhúluànhuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ wu⁴ lyun⁶ waa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔhúluànhuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔhúluànhuá
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-hu²-luan⁴-hua²
    • Yale: Wǔ-hú-lwàn-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuhwuluannhwa
    • Palladius: Ухулуаньхуа (Uxuluanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ wu⁴ lyun⁶ waa⁴
    • Yale: ńgh wùh lyuhn wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ wu⁴ lyn⁶ waa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ wu⁴ lün⁶ wa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ wuː²¹ lyːn²² waː²¹/

Proper noun

五胡亂華

1. Invasion and rebellion of the Five Barbarians (304–316)

   • 又五胡亂華以來，生民塗炭，冤橫死亡者，不可勝數。其中設獲蘇息，必釋教是賴。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     又五胡乱华以来，生民涂炭，冤横死亡者，不可胜数。其中设获苏息，必释教是赖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 6th century, 僧祐, 弘明集

     Yòu wǔhúluànhuá yǐlái, shēngmín tútàn, yuānhèng sǐwáng zhě, bùkěshèngshǔ. Qízhōng shè huò sūxī, bì shìjiào shì lài. [Pinyin]

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   • 漢靈帝好胡笛。五胡亂華，石遵玩之不絕音。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     汉灵帝好胡笛。五胡乱华，石遵玩之不绝音。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Old Book of Tang, 945 CE

     Hàn Líng dì hǎo húdí. Wǔhúluànhuá, Shí Zūn wán zhī bù jué yīn. [Pinyin]

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