含笑九泉

Chinese

		to wear a smile; banana shrub; port wine magnolia	grave; the nether world; the Nine Springs
trad. (含笑九泉)		含笑	九泉
simp. #(含笑九泉)		含笑	九泉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánxiàojiǔquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ siu³ gau² cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánxiàojiǔquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánsiàojiǒucyuán
    • Wade–Giles: han²-hsiao⁴-chiu³-chʻüan²
    • Yale: hán-syàu-jyǒu-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnshiawjeouchyuan
    • Palladius: ханьсяоцзюцюань (xanʹsjaoczjucjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ siu³ gau² cyun⁴
    • Yale: hàhm siu gáu chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ siu³ gau² tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ xiu³ geo² qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ siːu̯³³ kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

含笑九泉

1. to smile in one's grave; to have no regrets in life; to die with satisfaction