無家可歸

See also: 无家可归

Chinese

		not have	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to go back; to return
trad. (無家可歸)		無	家	可	歸
simp. (无家可归)		无	家	可	归

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú jiā kě guī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gaa¹ ho² gwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú jiā kě guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú jia kě guei
    • Wade–Giles: wu² chia¹ kʻo³ kuei¹
    • Yale: wú jyā kě gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu jia kee guei
    • Palladius: у цзя кэ гуй (u czja kɛ guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ gaa¹ ho² gwai¹
    • Yale: mòuh gā hó gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gaa¹ ho² gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ga¹ ho² guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kaː⁵⁵ hɔː³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

無家可歸

1. to wander about without a home to go back to; to be homeless

   • 操聞報大驚曰：「兗州有失，使吾無家可歸矣，不可不亟圖之！」 [MSC, trad.]
     操闻报大惊曰：「兖州有失，使吾无家可归矣，不可不亟图之！」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 11

     Cāo wén bào dà jīng yuē: “Yǎnzhōu yǒu shī, shǐ wú wújiākěguī yǐ, bùkě bù jí tú zhī!” [Pinyin]

     Cao was shocked when he heard the report, saying, "If Yanzhou is lost, I will no longer have a home to return to. I must come up with a plan and fast!"