愚公移山

Chinese

			to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove	mountain; hill
trad. (愚公移山)		愚公	移	山
simp. #(愚公移山)		愚公	移	山
Literally: “the foolish man moves mountains”.

Etymology

For more information, see the citations page.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúgōngyíshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ gung¹ ji⁴ saan¹
• Northern Min (KCR): ngṳ̂ gó̤ng î súing

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúgōngyíshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúgongyíshan
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-kung¹-i²-shan¹
    • Yale: yú-gūng-yí-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yugongyishan
    • Palladius: юйгунъишань (jujgunʺišanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ i³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ gung¹ ji⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: yùh gūng yìh sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ gung¹ ji⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ gung¹ yi⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳ̂ gó̤ng î súing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋy³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴ i³³ suiŋ⁵⁴/

Idiom

愚公移山

1. to be resolute in one's endeavor, no matter what hardships one encounters

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:愚公移山.

Descendants

• → Japanese: 愚(ぐ)公(こう)山(やま)を移(うつ)す (gukō yama o utsusu) (calque)