手舞足蹈

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	to dance; to wield; to brandish	foot; to be sufficient	tread on; trample; stamp tread on; trample; stamp; fulfill
simp. and trad. (手舞足蹈)		手	舞	足	蹈
Literally: “hands dance and feet trip”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuwǔzúdǎo, shǒuwǔzúdào

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ, ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² mou⁵ zuk¹ dou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒuwǔzúdǎo [Phonetic: shóuwǔzúdǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwuutzwudao
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡su³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒuwǔzúdào [Phonetic: shóuwǔzúdào]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwuutzwudaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡su³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² mou⁵ zuk¹ dou⁶
  - Yale: sáu móuh jūk douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mou⁵ dzuk⁷ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² mou⁵ zug¹ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mou̯¹³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ tou̯²²/

Idiom

手舞足蹈

dancing and gesticulating for joy
(traditional Chinese medicine) involuntary movements of the limbs; convulsions, hemiballismus, chorea, athetosis or myoclonus

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