書香門第

Chinese

		aroma of books; scholarly tradition; literary reputation	social status of one's family
trad. (書香門第)		書香	門第
simp. (书香门第)		书香	门第
Literally: “family filled up with the aroma of books”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūxiāngméndì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ hoeng¹ mun⁴ dai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūxiāngméndì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shusiangméndì
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-hsiang¹-mên²-ti⁴
    • Yale: shū-syāng-mén-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shushiangmendih
    • Palladius: шусянмэньди (šusjanmɛnʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ hoeng¹ mun⁴ dai⁶
    • Yale: syū hēung mùhn daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ hoeng¹ mun⁴ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ hêng¹ mun⁴ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵ muːn²¹ tɐi̯²²/

Idiom

書香門第

1. family of teachers and scholars