讓梨

Chinese

		to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow	pear
trad. (讓梨)		讓	梨
simp. (让梨)		让	梨

Etymology

See 孔融讓梨／孔融让梨.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rànglí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄤˋ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁶ lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rànglí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄤˋ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rànglí
    • Wade–Giles: jang⁴-li²
    • Yale: ràng-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ranqli
    • Palladius: жанли (žanli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁶ lei⁴
    • Yale: yeuhng lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁶ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁶ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²² lei̯²¹/

Verb

讓梨

1. (literary) to yield the pear; to leave (the biggest) pears (for others to eat)
2. (figurative) to subordinate oneself to elders

See also

• 分桃 (fēntáo)