杞人憂天
See also: 杞人忧天
Chinese
(willow); name of a feudal state | man; person; people | worried | day; sky; heaven | ||
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trad. (杞人憂天) | 杞 | 人 | 憂 | 天 | |
simp. (杞人忧天) | 杞 | 人 | 忧 | 天 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 杞人憂天