先聲奪人

Chinese

		herald; sign	rob; snatch	man; person; people
trad. (先聲奪人)		先聲	奪	人
simp. (先声夺人)		先声	夺	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānshēngduórén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄕㄥㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ sing¹ dyut⁶ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānshēngduórén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄕㄥㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianshengduórén
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-shêng¹-to²-jên²
  - Yale: syān-shēng-dwó-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshengdworen
  - Palladius: сяньшэндожэнь (sjanʹšɛndožɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ sing¹ dyut⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: sīn sīng dyuht yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ sing¹ dyt⁹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ xing¹ düd⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ tyːt̚² jɐn²¹/

Idiom

先聲奪人

to overawe one's opponent first by a show of strength

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