呼之欲出

Chinese

		to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale	's; him/her/it; this	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
simp. and trad. (呼之欲出)		呼	之	欲	出
Literally: “call on someone [depicted in a drawing] and they are going to come out [of the drawing]”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūzhīyùchū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ㄓ ㄩˋ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ zi¹ juk⁶ ceot¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ho͘--chi-io̍k-chhut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūzhīyùchū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄓ ㄩˋ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hujhihyùchu
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-chih¹-yü⁴-chʻu¹
    • Yale: hū-jr̄-yù-chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hujyyuhchu
    • Palladius: хучжиюйчу (xučžijujču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹ zi¹ juk⁶ ceot¹
    • Yale: fū jī yuhk chēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ dzi¹ juk⁹ tsoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ ji¹ yug⁶ cêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ jʊk̚² t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho͘--chi-io̍k-chhut
    • Tâi-lô: hoo--tsi-io̍k-tshut

Idiom

呼之欲出

1. (of artistic depictions) to be vividly portrayed
2. to be about to be disclosed or announced