杳無人煙

Chinese

		dark and quiet; disappear	not have	signs of human habitation
trad. (杳無人煙)		杳	無	人煙
simp. (杳无人烟)		杳	无	人烟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎowúrényān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ mou⁴ jan⁴ jin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎowúrényān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎowúrényan
    • Wade–Giles: yao³-wu²-jên²-yen¹
    • Yale: yǎu-wú-rén-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauwurenian
    • Palladius: яо’ужэньянь (jao’užɛnʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʐən³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁵ mou⁴ jan⁴ jin¹
    • Yale: míuh mòuh yàhn yīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ mou⁴ jan⁴ jin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ mou⁴ yen⁴ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³ mou̯²¹ jɐn²¹ jiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

杳無人煙

1. to be desolate; to be uninhabited

   • 師兄差疑了，似這杳無人煙之處，又無個怪獸妖禽，怕他怎的？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     师兄差疑了，似这杳无人烟之处，又无个怪兽妖禽，怕他怎的？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Shīxiōng chā yí le, sì zhè yǎowúrényān zhī chù, yòu wú ge guàishòu yāoqín, pà tā zěnde? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 渺無人煙／渺无人烟 (miǎowúrényān)