望穿秋水

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	clear; translucent; the waters of autumn
trad. (望穿秋水)		望	穿	秋水
simp. #(望穿秋水)		望	穿	秋水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngchuānqiūshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ cyun¹ cau¹ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bāng-chhoan-chhiu-súi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàngchuānqiūshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngchuancioushuěi
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-chʻuan¹-chʻiu¹-shui³
    • Yale: wàng-chwān-chyōu-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqchuanchioushoei
    • Palladius: ванчуаньцюшуй (vančuanʹcjušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁶ cyun¹ cau¹ seoi²
    • Yale: mohng chyūn chāu séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ tsyn¹ tsau¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ qun¹ ceo¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāng-chhoan-chhiu-súi
    • Tâi-lô: bāng-tshuan-tshiu-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxngzhoanchiusuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ sui⁵³/

Idiom

望穿秋水

1. to deeply hope