獨木橋

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	tree; wood	bridge
trad. (獨木橋)		獨	木	橋
simp. (独木桥)		独	木	桥

獨木橋。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúmùqiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ muk⁶ kiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúmùqiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúmùciáo
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-mu⁴-chʻiao²
    • Yale: dú-mù-chyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwumuhchyau
    • Palladius: думуцяо (dumucjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ mu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúmùqiáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúmùciáor
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-mu⁴-chʻiao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: dú-mù-chyáur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwumuhchyaul
    • Palladius: думуцяор (dumucjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ mu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ muk⁶ kiu⁴
    • Yale: duhk muhk kìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ muk⁹ kiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ mug⁶ kiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² mʊk̚² kʰiːu̯²¹/

Noun

獨木橋

1. single-plank or log foot bridge
2. (figurative) narrow and difficult route that people have to go through to reach the destination

   高考是座獨木橋。 [MSC, trad.]
   高考是座独木桥。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gāokǎo shì zuò dúmùqiáo. [Pinyin]

   The National Higher Education Entrance Examination (gaokao) is a “lone-plank bridge” (since it is viewed as the sole path to future success by many).

See also

• 陽關道／阳关道 (yángguāndào)