杞人憂天

See also: 杞人忧天

Chinese

		(willow); name of a feudal state	man; person; people	worried	day; sky; heaven
trad. (杞人憂天)		杞	人	憂	天
simp. (杞人忧天)		杞	人	忧	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐrényōutiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei² jan⁴ jau¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐrényōutiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐrényoutian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-jên²-yu¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: chǐ-rén-yōu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiirenioutian
    • Palladius: цижэньютянь (cižɛnʹjutjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei² jan⁴ jau¹ tin¹
    • Yale: géi yàhn yāu tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei² jan⁴ jau¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi² yen⁴ yeo¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 杞人憂天

1. groundless fears; alarmism