堅如磐石

Chinese

		strong; solid; firm strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute	as (if); such as	huge rock; Panshi
trad. (堅如磐石)		堅	如	磐石
simp. (坚如磐石)		坚	如	磐石
Literally: “as firm or solid as a huge rock”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānrúpánshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄖㄨˊ ㄆㄢˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹ jyu⁴ pun⁴ sek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānrúpánshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄖㄨˊ ㄆㄢˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianrúpánshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-ju²-pʻan²-shih²
    • Yale: jyān-rú-pán-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianruparnshyr
    • Palladius: цзяньжупаньши (czjanʹžupanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ pʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin¹ jyu⁴ pun⁴ sek⁶
    • Yale: gīn yùh pùhn sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹ jy⁴ pun⁴ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin¹ yu⁴ pun⁴ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵ jyː²¹ pʰuːn²¹ sɛːk̚²/

Idiom

堅如磐石

1. extremely firm or solid

Synonyms

• 堅不可摧／坚不可摧 (jiānbùkěcuī)
• 安如磐石 (ānrúpánshí)