插翅難飛
Appearance
See also: 插翅难飞
Chinese
[edit]insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose |
wing | disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
to fly | ||
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trad. (插翅難飛) | 插 | 翅 | 難 | 飛 | |
simp. (插翅难飞) | 插 | 翅 | 难 | 飞 | |
Literally: “even with wings it would be difficult to fly away”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chachìhnánfei
- Wade–Giles: chʻa1-chʻih4-nan2-fei1
- Yale: chā-chr̀-nán-fēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chachyhnanfei
- Palladius: чачинаньфэй (čačinanʹfɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ nän³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caap3 ci3 naan4 fei1
- Yale: chaap chi nàahn fēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap8 tsi3 naan4 fei1
- Guangdong Romanization: cab3 qi3 nan4 féi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ t͡sʰiː³³ naːn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]插翅難飛