囊中羞澀

Chinese

		sack	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	shy; bashful
trad. (囊中羞澀)		囊	中	羞澀
simp. (囊中羞涩)		囊	中	羞涩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nángzhōngxiūsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nong⁴ zung¹ sau¹ gip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nángzhōngxiūsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nángjhongsiousè
    • Wade–Giles: nang²-chung¹-hsiu¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: náng-jūng-syōu-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nangjongshiouseh
    • Palladius: нанчжунсюсэ (nančžunsjusɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nong⁴ zung¹ sau¹ gip³
    • Yale: nòhng jūng sāu gip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nong⁴ dzung¹ sau¹ gip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: nong⁴ zung¹ seo¹ gib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ kiːp̚³/

Idiom

囊中羞澀

1. to have financial difficulties