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五花八门
wǔ huā bā mén
Main
English Definitionmyriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
Simplified Script五花八门
Traditional Script五花八門
Pinyinwǔ huā bā mén
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)ng5 faa1 baat3 mun4
Part of Speech(习惯用语) idiomatic expression
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=7
Word Decomposition
five; 5
huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful; (Chinese surname)
eight; 8
méngate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); measure word for large guns; measure word for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate); (Chinese surname)

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