徒有其名

Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (徒有其名)		徒	有	其	名
simp. #(徒有其名)		徒	有	其	名
Literally: “only have its name”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túyǒuqímíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ jau⁵ kei⁴ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túyǒuqímíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túyǒucímíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-yu³-chʻi²-ming²
    • Yale: tú-yǒu-chí-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twuyeouchyiming
    • Palladius: туюцимин (tujucimin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ jau⁵ kei⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: tòuh yáuh kèih mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ jau⁵ kei⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ yeo⁵ kéi⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

徒有其名

1. to be known for a quality one actually lacks