撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜
Chinese
[edit]| pick up; collect; gather | to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) |
to lose; to put aside; to throw | to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) |
western melon; watermelon | ||||
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| trad. (撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜) | 撿 | 了 | 芝麻 | ， | 丟 | 了 | 西瓜 | |
| simp. (捡了芝麻，丢了西瓜) | 捡 | 了 | 芝麻 | ， | 丢 | 了 | 西瓜 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ , ㄉㄧㄡ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnle̊ jhihmå, dioule̊ sigua
- Wade–Giles: chien3-lê5 chih1-ma5, tiu1-lê5 hsi1-kua1
- Yale: jyǎn-le jr̄-ma-, dyōu-le syī-gwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean.le jy.ma, diou.le shigua
- Palladius: цзяньлэ чжима, дюлэ сигуа (czjanʹlɛ čžima, djulɛ sigua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴ lə⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ lə² ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
[edit]撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜