吆五喝六 yāo wǔ hè liù

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
吆 yāo
to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal)
五 wǔ HSK 1
five; 5
喝 hè HSK 1
to drink; variant of 嗬hē; to shout
六 liù HSK 1
six; 6