夜郎自大

Chinese

		Yelang	self-important; arrogant; conceited
simp. and trad. (夜郎自大)		夜郎	自大

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèlángzìdà

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄤˊ ㄗˋ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ long⁴ zi⁶ daai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèlángzìdà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄤˊ ㄗˋ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèlángzìhdà
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-lang²-tzŭ⁴-ta⁴
    • Yale: yè-láng-dz̀-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehlangtzyhdah
    • Palladius: еланцзыда (jelanczyda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ long⁴ zi⁶ daai⁶
    • Yale: yeh lòhng jih daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ long⁴ dzi⁶ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ long⁴ ji⁶ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² lɔːŋ²¹ t͡siː²² taːi̯²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 夜郎自大

1. to be ignorant and arrogant; to be self-deluded