奉為圭臬

Chinese

		to treat with respect; to hold up as	criterion; standard; guinie
trad. (奉為圭臬/奉爲圭臬)		奉為/奉爲	圭臬
simp. (奉为圭臬)		奉为	圭臬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèngwéiguīniè

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶ wai⁴ gwai¹ jit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèngwéiguīniè
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fòngwéigueiniè
    • Wade–Giles: fêng⁴-wei²-kuei¹-nieh⁴
    • Yale: fèng-wéi-gwēi-nyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenqweigueinieh
    • Palladius: фэнвэйгуйне (fɛnvɛjgujne)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁶ wai⁴ gwai¹ jit⁶
    • Yale: fuhng wàih gwāi yiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶ wai⁴ gwai¹ jit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶ wei⁴ guei¹ yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²² wɐi̯²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːt̚²/

Idiom

奉為圭臬

1. to look up to as a standard; to hold up as a model; to take as a guiding principle