陳穀子爛芝麻

Chinese

		arrange; exhibit; narrate arrange; exhibit; narrate; tell; old; stale; state; display; explain; surname	foxtail millet, the plant or the unhulled grain)	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (陳穀子爛芝麻)		陳	穀子	爛	芝麻
simp. (陈谷子烂芝麻)		陈	谷子	烂	芝麻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chén gǔzi làn zhīma

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄢˋ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can⁴ guk¹ zi² laan⁶ zi¹ maa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chén gǔzi làn zhīma
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄢˋ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chén gǔzi̊h làn jhihmå
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên² ku³-tzŭ⁵ lan⁴ chih¹-ma⁵
    • Yale: chén gǔ-dz làn jr̄-ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chern guu.tzy lann jy.ma
    • Palladius: чэнь гуцзы лань чжима (čɛnʹ guczy lanʹ čžima)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ku²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ län⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can⁴ guk¹ zi² laan⁶ zi¹ maa⁴
    • Yale: chàhn gūk jí laahn jī màh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan⁴ guk⁷ dzi² laan⁶ dzi¹ maa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen⁴ gug¹ ji² lan⁶ ji¹ ma⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ kʊk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ laːn²² t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹/

Idiom

陳穀子爛芝麻

1. Synonym of 陳芝麻爛穀子／陈芝麻烂谷子 (chén zhīma làn gǔzi, “dated and inconsequential affairs”)