紆尊降貴

Chinese

		surname; cord; twist	to honour	to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (紆尊降貴)		紆	尊	降	貴
simp. (纡尊降贵)		纡	尊	降	贵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yūzūnjiàngguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu¹ zyun¹ gong³ gwai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yūzūnjiàngguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuzunjiàngguèi
    • Wade–Giles: yü¹-tsun¹-chiang⁴-kuei⁴
    • Yale: yū-dzwūn-jyàng-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iutzuenjianqguey
    • Palladius: юйцзуньцзянгуй (jujczunʹczjanguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu¹ zyun¹ gong³ gwai³
    • Yale: yū jyūn gong gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy¹ dzyn¹ gong³ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu¹ jun¹ gong³ guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³³ kʷɐi̯³³/

Idiom

紆尊降貴

1. to condescend; to descend to a less dignified level and act humbly