一籌莫展

Chinese

			do not; there is none who	to spread out; to postpone; to unfold to spread out; to postpone; to unfold; to use
trad. (一籌莫展)		一籌	莫	展
simp. (一筹莫展)		一筹	莫	展

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīchóumòzhǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ cau⁴ mok⁶ zin²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): it-tiû-bo̍k-tián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ tiu⁵ mog⁸ diang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīchóumòzhǎn [Phonetic: yìchóumòzhǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yichóumòjhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻou²-mo⁴-chan³
    • Yale: yī-chóu-mwò-jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ichourmohjaan
    • Palladius: ичоумочжань (ičoumočžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ cau⁴ mok⁶ zin²
    • Yale: yāt chàuh mohk jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ tsau⁴ mok⁹ dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ceo⁴ mog⁶ jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ mɔːk̚² t͡siːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-tiû-bo̍k-tián
    • Tâi-lô: it-tiû-bo̍k-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itdiu'bogdiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tiu²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiu²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ tiu¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tiu²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tiu²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁸ tiu⁵ mog⁸ diang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k thiû mo̍k tiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² tʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mok̚⁴⁻² tiaŋ⁵²/

Note: zêg8 tiu5 mog8 diang2 - Shantou.

Idiom

一籌莫展

1. to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end