失之交臂

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (失之交臂)		失	之	交臂
simp. #(失之交臂)		失	之	交臂
anagram		交臂失之

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīzhījiāobì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ zi¹ gaau¹ bei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīzhījiāobì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihjhihjiaobì
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-chih¹-chiao¹-pi⁴
    • Yale: shr̄-jr̄-jyāu-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyjyjiaubih
    • Palladius: шичжицзяоби (šičžiczjaobi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ zi¹ gaau¹ bei³
    • Yale: sāt jī gāau bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ dzi¹ gaau¹ bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ ji¹ gao¹ béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 失之交臂

1. to narrowly miss a golden opportunity (to meet someone etc.)

Synonyms

• 交臂失之 (jiāobìshīzhī)