釜底抽薪
Chinese
kettle; cauldron | background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.) |
to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump | fuel; salary | ||
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trad. (釜底抽薪) | 釜 | 底 | 抽 | 薪 | |
simp. #(釜底抽薪) | 釜 | 底 | 抽 | 薪 | |
Literally: “to take the firewood out from the bottom of the cauldron”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fu2 dai2 cau1 san1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-té-thiu-sin / hú-tóe-thiu-sin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄔㄡ ㄒㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǔdǐchousin
- Wade–Giles: fu3-ti3-chʻou1-hsin1
- Yale: fǔ-dǐ-chōu-syīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuudiichoushin
- Palladius: фудичоусинь (fudičousinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu2 dai2 cau1 san1
- Yale: fú dái chāu sān
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2 dai2 tsau1 san1
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2 dei2 ceo1 sen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-té-thiu-sin / hú-tóe-thiu-sin
- Tâi-lô: hú-té-thiu-sin / hú-tué-thiu-sin
- Phofsit Daibuun: hw'deftiusyn, hw'doeftiusyn
- IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/, /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiu³³ sin³³/, /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiu³³ sin³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/, /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/, /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/, /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 釜底抽薪