燈臺不自照

Chinese

		base of a lamp; lamp base; lampstand base of a lamp; lamp base; lampstand; lighthouse	not; no	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph
trad. (燈臺不自照/燈台不自照)		燈臺/燈台	不	自	照
simp. (灯台不自照)		灯台	不	自	照

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngtái bù zì zhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗˋ ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ toi⁴ bat¹ zi⁶ ziu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngtái bù zì zhào [Phonetic: dēngtái bú zì zhào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗˋ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengtái bù zìh jhào
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-tʻai² pu⁴ tzŭ⁴ chao⁴
    • Yale: dēng-tái bù dz̀ jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengtair bu tzyh jaw
    • Palladius: дэнтай бу цзы чжао (dɛntaj bu czy čžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang¹ toi⁴ bat¹ zi⁶ ziu³
    • Yale: dāng tòih bāt jih jiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ toi⁴ bat⁷ dzi⁶ dziu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ toi⁴ bed¹ ji⁶ jiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² t͡siːu̯³³/

Idiom

燈臺不自照

1. Synonym of 丈八燈臺——照遠不照近／丈八灯台——照远不照近 (zhàng bā dēngtái, zhào yuǎn bù zhào jìn)