吆五喝六 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

吆yāo五wǔ喝hè六liù

lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling

Characters in this word

4

吆

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to shout, to bawl, to yell (to urge on an animal), to hawk (one's wares)

Pinyin: yāo

Strokes: 6

Words starting with 吆 Words ending in 吆 Anywhere in a word

五

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five, 5

Pinyin: wǔ

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 1999 of 2500

Words starting with 五 Words ending in 五 Anywhere in a word

喝

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to drink, variant of 嗬[he1]

Pinyin: hē

Strokes: 12
Frequency: 394 of 2500

Words starting with 喝 Words ending in 喝 Anywhere in a word

六

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six, 6

Pinyin: liù

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 2812 of 2500

Words starting with 六 Words ending in 六 Anywhere in a word