七除八扣

Chinese

		seven	remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except	eight	10 percent; button; detain
trad. (七除八扣)		七	除	八	扣
simp. ^#(七除八扣)		七	除	八	扣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīchú-bākòu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄚㄎㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ ceoi⁴ baat³ kau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhit-chhù-pat-khieu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhit-tû-pat-khàu / chhit-tû-poeh-khàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīchú-bākòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄚㄎㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cichúbakòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-chʻu²-pa¹-kʻou⁴
  - Yale: chī-chú-bā-kòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chichwubakow
  - Palladius: цичубакоу (cičubakou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ pä⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cat¹ ceoi⁴ baat³ kau³
  - Yale: chāt chèuih baat kau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ tsoey⁴ baat⁸ kau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ cêu⁴ bad³ keo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ paːt̚³ kʰɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhit-chhù-pat-khieu
  - Hakka Romanization System: qid^ˋ cu^ˇ bad^ˋ kieu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁵ cu² bad⁵ kieu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚² t͡sʰu¹¹ pat̚² kʰi̯eu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-tû-pat-khàu
  - Tâi-lô: tshit-tû-pat-khàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chitdu'patqaux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tu²³⁻³³ pat̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tu²⁴⁻¹¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-tû-poeh-khàu
  - Tâi-lô: tshit-tû-pueh-khàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chitdu'poehqaux
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tu²⁴⁻¹¹ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tu²³⁻³³ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰau²¹/

Idiom

七除八扣

(of prices, wages, etc.) to continuously reduce until little is left

Synonyms

七折八扣