鴻雁傳書

Chinese

		swan goose; refugee; displaced people	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	book; letter
trad. (鴻雁傳書)		鴻雁	傳	書
simp. (鸿雁传书)		鸿雁	传	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngyànchuánshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ ngaan⁶ cyun⁴ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngyànchuánshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngyànchuánshu
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-yen⁴-chʻuan²-shu¹
    • Yale: húng-yàn-chwán-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyannchwanshu
    • Palladius: хунъяньчуаньшу (xunʺjanʹčuanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ jɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ ngaan⁶ cyun⁴ syu¹
    • Yale: hùhng ngaahn chyùhn syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ ngaan⁶ tsyn⁴ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ ngan⁶ qun⁴ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ ŋaːn²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ syː⁵⁵/

Idiom

鴻雁傳書

1. a letter from afar