想方設法

See also: 想方设法

Chinese

		to think of a way; to seek to; to try	to think of a way; to seek to; to try
trad. (想方設法)		想方	設法
simp. (想方设法)		想方	设法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngfāngshèfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄤ ㄕㄜˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² fong¹ cit³ faat³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁶ huang¹ siag⁴ huag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngfāngshèfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄤ ㄕㄜˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngfangshèfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-fang¹-shê⁴-fa³
    • Yale: syǎng-fāng-shè-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangfangshehfaa
    • Palladius: сянфаншэфа (sjanfanšɛfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² fong¹ cit³ faat³
    • Yale: séung fōng chit faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² fong¹ tsit⁸ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² fong¹ qid³ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sion⁶ huang¹ siag⁴ huag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siŏⁿ huang siak huak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ³³⁻²³ siak̚²⁻⁴ huak̚²/

Idiom

想方設法

1. to do everything possible; to try anything one can think of