石沉大海

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	ocean; sea; large bowl or wine cup
trad. (石沉大海)		石	沉	大海
simp. #(石沉大海)		石	沉	大海
Literally: “a stone sinks in the ocean”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíchéndàhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ cam⁴ daai⁶ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíchéndàhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhchéndàhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻên²-ta⁴-hai³
    • Yale: shŕ-chén-dà-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrcherndahhae
    • Palladius: шичэньдахай (šičɛnʹdaxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ cam⁴ daai⁶ hoi²
    • Yale: sehk chàhm daaih hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ tsam⁴ daai⁶ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ cem⁴ dai⁶ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² t͡sʰɐm²¹ taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 石沉大海

1. to receive no response; to never hear back from someone or about something