作壁上觀

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	wall; rampart	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (作壁上觀)		作	壁	上	觀
simp. (作壁上观)		作	壁	上	观
Literally: “to sit on the wall and watch”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòbìshàngguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ bik¹ soeng⁶ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòbìshàngguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòbìshàngguan
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-pi⁴-shang⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: dzwò-bì-shàng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohbihshanqguan
    • Palladius: цзобишангуань (czobišanguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ bik¹ soeng⁶ gun¹
    • Yale: jok bīk seuhng gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ bik⁷ soeng⁶ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ big¹ sêng⁶ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ pɪk̚⁵ sœːŋ²² kuːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 作壁上觀

1. to stand back; to observe only and not take sides