派上用場

Chinese

		clique; school; group clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	use; purpose
trad. (派上用場)		派	上	用場
simp. (派上用场)		派	上	用场

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàishàngyòngchǎng, pàishàngyòngcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄆㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai³ soeng⁵ jung⁶ coeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phài-siōng-iōng-tiûⁿ / phài-siāng-iōng-tiûⁿ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pha-zaon ⁶yon-zan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàishàngyòngchǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàishàngyòngchǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai⁴-shang⁴-yung⁴-chʻang³
    • Yale: pài-shàng-yùng-chǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: payshanqyonqchaang
    • Palladius: пайшанъюнчан (pajšanʺjunčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàishàngyòngcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàishàngyòngcháng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai⁴-shang⁴-yung⁴-chʻang²
    • Yale: pài-shàng-yùng-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: payshanqyonqcharng
    • Palladius: пайшанъюнчан (pajšanʺjunčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai³ soeng⁵ jung⁶ coeng⁴
    • Yale: paai séuhng yuhng chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai³ soeng⁵ jung⁶ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai³ sêng⁵ yung⁶ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯³³ sœːŋ¹³ jʊŋ²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phài-siōng-iōng-tiûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phài-siōng-iōng-tiûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaesioxng'ioxngdviuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tiũ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tiũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phài-siāng-iōng-tiûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phài-siāng-iōng-tiûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaesiaxng'ioxngdviuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tiũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tiũ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pha-zaon ⁶yon-zan
    • MiniDict: pha^去 zaon yon^去 zan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pha-zaan ³hhion-zan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰa³³ zɑ̃⁴⁴ ɦioŋ²² zã⁴⁴/

Idiom

派上用場

1. to come in handy; to become useful