杯水車薪
See also: 杯水车薪
Chinese
drinkware; cup; glass | water; river | vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe |
fuel; salary | ||
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trad. (杯水車薪) | 杯 | 水 | 車 | 薪 | |
simp. (杯水车薪) | 杯 | 水 | 车 | 薪 |
Etymology
Literally: use a cup of water to put out a burning cart full of firewood
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bui1 seoi2 geoi1 san1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poe-chúi-chhia-sin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: beishuěijyusin
- Wade–Giles: pei1-shui3-chü1-hsin1
- Yale: bēi-shwěi-jyū-syīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beishoeijiushin
- Palladius: бэйшуйцзюйсинь (bɛjšujczjujsinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bui1 seoi2 geoi1 san1
- Yale: būi séui gēui sān
- Cantonese Pinyin: bui1 soey2 goey1 san1
- Guangdong Romanization: bui1 sêu2 gêu1 sen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /puːi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe-chúi-chhia-sin
- Tâi-lô: pue-tsuí-tshia-sin
- Phofsit Daibuun: poezuychiasyn
- IPA (Xiamen): /pue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pue³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰia³³ sin³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /pue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 杯水車薪
- too inadequate and useless; to no avail