坐井觀天

See also: 坐井观天

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	warn; well	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	day; sky; heaven
trad. (坐井觀天)		坐	井	觀	天
simp. (坐井观天)		坐	井	观	天
Literally: “To sit in a well and look at the sky”.

Etymology

See 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòjǐngguāntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ zeng² gun¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòjǐngguāntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjǐngguantian
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-ching³-kuan¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: dzwò-jǐng-gwān-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjiingguantian
    • Palladius: цзоцзингуаньтянь (czoczinguanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ zeng² gun¹ tin¹
    • Yale: joh jéng gūn tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ dzeng² gun¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ zéng² gun¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 坐井觀天

1. ignorant of the world; to be living under a rock