布衣蔬食

Chinese

		cotton clothes; ordinary people; commoners	vegetarian meal; vegetarian diet; coarse food
trad. (布衣蔬食)		布衣	蔬食
simp. #(布衣蔬食)		布衣	蔬食
Literally: “coarse clothes and vegetarian food”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyīshūshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ ㄕㄨ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ ji¹ so¹ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyīshūshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ ㄕㄨ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyishushíh
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-i¹-shu¹-shih²
    • Yale: bù-yī-shū-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhishushyr
    • Palladius: буишуши (buišuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ i⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ ji¹ so¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: bou yī sō sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ ji¹ so¹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ yi¹ so¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ jiː⁵⁵ sɔː⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

布衣蔬食

1. a thrifty and simple life