千方百計

See also: 千方百计

Chinese

		thousand	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	hundred	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (千方百計)		千	方	百	計
simp. (千方百计)		千	方	百	计
Literally: “a thousand ways, a hundred plans”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānfāngbǎijì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄈㄤ ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ fong¹ baak³ gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānfāngbǎijì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄈㄤ ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianfangbǎijì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-fang¹-pai³-chi⁴
    • Yale: chyān-fāng-bǎi-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianfangbaejih
    • Palladius: цяньфанбайцзи (cjanʹfanbajczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ fong¹ baak³ gai³
    • Yale: chīn fōng baak gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ fong¹ baak⁸ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ fong¹ bag³ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ paːk̚³ kɐi̯³³/

Idiom

千方百計

1. by every possible means; by hook or by crook