洛陽紙貴
Chinese
Luoyang | paper | expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious | ||
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trad. (洛陽紙貴) | 洛陽 | 紙 | 貴 | |
simp. (洛阳纸贵) | 洛阳 | 纸 | 贵 | |
Literally: “to push up the paper price in Luoyang”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄓˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: luòyángjhǐhguèi
- Wade–Giles: lo4-yang2-chih3-kuei4
- Yale: lwò-yáng-jř-gwèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohyangjyyguey
- Palladius: лоянчжигуй (lojančžiguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lok3 joeng4 zi2 gwai3
- Yale: lok yèuhng jí gwai
- Cantonese Pinyin: lok8 joeng4 dzi2 gwai3
- Guangdong Romanization: log3 yêng4 ji2 guei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔːk̚³ jœːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 洛陽紙貴
- (of a literary work, e.g. a new book) to be all the rage for a time; to be immensely popular