十有八九

Chinese

		ten	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	eight	nine
trad. (十有八九)		十	有	八	九
simp. #(十有八九)		十	有	八	九
Literally: “eight or nine out of ten”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíyǒubājiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ jau⁵ baat³ gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíyǒubājiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyǒubajiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-yu³-pa¹-chiu³
    • Yale: shŕ-yǒu-bā-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryeoubajeou
    • Palladius: шиюбацзю (šijubaczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ jau⁵ baat³ gau²
    • Yale: sahp yáuh baat gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ jau⁵ baat⁸ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yeo⁵ bad³ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jɐu̯¹³ paːt̚³ kɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

十有八九

1. most; mostly; the majority
2. in all likelihood

Synonyms

• 十之八九 (shízhībājiǔ)