千呼萬喚

Chinese

		thousand	to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale	ten thousand; a great number; surname	to call
trad. (千呼萬喚)		千	呼	萬	喚
simp. (千呼万唤)		千	呼	万	唤

Etymology

From the poem 琵琶行 (The Song of the Pipa Player) by Bai Juyi (772-846):

千呼萬喚始出來，猶抱琵琶半遮面。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

千呼万唤始出来，犹抱琵琶半遮面。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 816, 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 琵琶行 (The Song of the Pipa Player)

Qiānhūwànhuàn shǐ chūlái, yóu bào pípá bàn zhē miàn. [Pinyin]

Yet we called and urged a thousand times before she started toward us,
Still hiding half her face from us behind her pipa.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānhūwànhuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄏㄨㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ fu¹ maan⁶ wun⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānhūwànhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄏㄨㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianhuwànhuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-hu¹-wan⁴-huan⁴
  - Yale: chyān-hū-wàn-hwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianhuwannhuann
  - Palladius: цяньхуваньхуань (cjanʹxuvanʹxuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ fu¹ maan⁶ wun⁶
  - Yale: chīn fū maahn wuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ fu¹ maan⁶ wun⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ fu¹ man⁶ wun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ maːn²² wuːn²²/

Middle Chinese: tshen xu mjonH xwanH

Rime
Character	千	呼	萬	喚
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	曉 (32)	明 (4)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	模 (23)	元 (66)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I	III	I
Fanqie	蒼先切	荒烏切	無販切	火貫切
Baxter	tshen	xu	mjonH	xwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰen/	/huo/	/mʉɐn^H/	/huɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰen/	/huo/	/mʷiɐn^H/	/hʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛn/	/xo/	/miuɐn^H/	/xuɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛn/	/hɔ/	/muan^H/	/hwan^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰen/	/xo/	/miuɐn^H/	/xuɑn^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰien/	/xu/	/mĭwɐn^H/	/xuɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰien/	/xuo/	/mi̯wɐn^H/	/xuɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān	hū	wàn	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin¹	fu¹	maan⁶	fun³

Idiom

千呼萬喚

to urge many times

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