萬念俱灰

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty	a social club; entirely; without exception	grey; ash
trad. (萬念俱灰)		萬	念	俱	灰
simp. (万念俱灰)		万	念	俱	灰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànniànjùhuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ nim⁶ keoi¹ fui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànniànjùhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànniànjyùhuei
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-nien⁴-chü⁴-hui¹
    • Yale: wàn-nyàn-jyù-hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannniannjiuhhuei
    • Palladius: ваньняньцзюйхуэй (vanʹnjanʹczjujxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ nim⁶ keoi¹ fui¹
    • Yale: maahn nihm kēui fūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ nim⁶ koey¹ fui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ nim⁶ kêu¹ fui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² niːm²² kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

萬念俱灰

1. every hope turns to dust​; completely disheartened