投石問路

Chinese

		to throw; to send	rock; stone; 10 pecks	to ask	road; path; way
trad. (投石問路)		投	石	問	路
simp. (投石问路)		投	石	问	路
Literally: “to toss a stone to find out what's ahead”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóushíwènlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ sek⁶ man⁶ lou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-chio̍h-būn-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóushíwènlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóushíhwùnlù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-shih²-wên⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: tóu-shŕ-wèn-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshyrwennluh
    • Palladius: тоушивэньлу (toušivɛnʹlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ sek⁶ man⁶ lou⁶
    • Yale: tàuh sehk mahn louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ sek⁹ man⁶ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ ség⁶ men⁶ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛːk̚² mɐn²² lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chio̍h-būn-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-tsio̍h-būn-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daucioiqbuxnlo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bun²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bun⁴¹⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bun²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bun³³⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bun³³⁻²¹ lɔ³³/

Idiom

投石問路

1. to test the waters