大禹治水

Chinese

		Yu the Great	to control water resources to prevent flooding
trad. (大禹治水)		大禹	治水
simp. #(大禹治水)		大禹	治水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàyǔ zhìshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyu⁵ zi⁶ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàyǔ zhìshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàyǔ jhìhshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-yü³ chih⁴-shui³
    • Yale: Dà-yǔ jr̀-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahyeu jyhshoei
    • Palladius: Даюй чжишуй (Dajuj čžišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jyu⁵ zi⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: daaih yúh jih séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jy⁵ dzi⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yu⁵ ji⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyː¹³ t͡siː²² sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

大禹治水

1. “Great Yu controls the flood”, a legendary event said to underlie the founding of the Xia Dynasty, the earliest dynasty of China.