交白卷

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	blank exam paper
simp. and trad. (交白卷)		交	白卷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo báijuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄞˊ ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ baak⁶ gyun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau pe̍h-koàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo báijuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄞˊ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao báijyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹ pai²-chüan⁴
    • Yale: jyāu bái-jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau bairjiuann
    • Palladius: цзяо байцзюань (czjao bajczjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāobáijuànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄞˊ ㄐㄩㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaobáijyuànr
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-pai²-chüan⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyāu-bái-jywànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaubairjiuall
    • Palladius: цзяобайцзюаньр (czjaobajczjuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ baak⁶ gyun²
    • Yale: gāau baahk gyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ baak⁹ gyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ bag⁶ gün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ paːk̚² kyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau pe̍h-koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kau pe̍h-kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaw peqkoaxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kuan²¹/

Verb

交白卷

1. to submit a blank exam paper
2. (figurative) to fail to accomplish a task; to not produce any results

Synonyms

• 繳白卷／缴白卷