以管窺天

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	peep; pry into	day; sky; heaven
trad. (以管窺天)		以	管	窺	天
simp. (以管窥天)		以	管	窥	天
Literally: “to look at the sky through a tube”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐguǎnkuītiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gun² kwai¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐguǎnkuītiān [Phonetic: yíguǎnkuītiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐguǎnkueitian
    • Wade–Giles: i³-kuan³-kʻuei¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: yǐ-gwǎn-kwēi-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiigoankueitian
    • Palladius: игуанькуйтянь (iguanʹkujtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ gun² kwai¹ tin¹
    • Yale: yíh gún kwāi tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gun² kwai¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ gun² kuei¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kuːn³⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

以管窺天

1. to have narrow and superficial knowledge and views

Synonyms

• 以管窺豹／以管窥豹