華而不實
Chinese
[edit]flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain |
and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
not; no | real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid | ||
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trad. (華而不實) | 華 | 而 | 不 | 實 | |
simp. (华而不实) | 华 | 而 | 不 | 实 | |
Literally: “to bloom but not bear fruit”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huá-érbùshíh
- Wade–Giles: hua2-êrh2-pu4-shih2
- Yale: hwá-ér-bù-shŕ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwaerlbushyr
- Palladius: хуаэрбуши (xuaerbuši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: waa4 ji4 bat1 sat6
- Yale: wàh yìh bāt saht
- Cantonese Pinyin: waa4 ji4 bat7 sat9
- Guangdong Romanization: wa4 yi4 bed1 sed6
- Sinological IPA (key): /waː²¹ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]華而不實