遙遙無期

Chinese

		far away; long way off; distant far away; long way off; distant; remote	to have no fixed time frame; to be indefinite
trad. (遙遙無期)		遙遙	無期
simp. (遥遥无期)		遥遥	无期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáoyáowúqī, yáoyáowúqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧ, ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ jiu⁴ mou⁴ kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iâu-iâu-bû-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáoyáowúqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáoyáowúci
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-yao²-wu²-chʻi¹
    • Yale: yáu-yáu-wú-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yauyauwuchi
    • Palladius: яояо’уци (jaojao’uci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáoyáowúqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáoyáowúcí
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-yao²-wu²-chʻi²
    • Yale: yáu-yáu-wú-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yauyauwuchyi
    • Palladius: яояо’уци (jaojao’uci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ jiu⁴ mou⁴ kei⁴
    • Yale: yìuh yìuh mòuh kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ jiu⁴ mou⁴ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ yiu⁴ mou⁴ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ jiːu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu-iâu-bû-kî
    • Tâi-lô: iâu-iâu-bû-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau'iau'bu'kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²⁴⁻²² iau²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau²⁴⁻²² iau²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau¹³⁻²² iau¹³⁻²² bu¹³⁻²² ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau²⁴⁻¹¹ iau²⁴⁻¹¹ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²³⁻³³ iau²³⁻³³ bu²³⁻³³ ki²³/

Idiom

遙遙無期

1. far away in time and not within the foreseeable future

   • 南蘇丹約400萬人流離失所，全國大半人民食不果腹，而衝突各方數次簽署的停火協議多數淪為廢紙，和平遙遙無期。 [MSC, trad.]
     南苏丹约400万人流离失所，全国大半人民食不果腹，而冲突各方数次签署的停火协议多数沦为废纸，和平遥遥无期。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 李逸达 (2018 February 10) “南苏丹和平进程艰难推进”, in People's Daily (in Chinese), page 11

     Nánsūdān yuē 400 wàn rén liúlíshīsuǒ, quánguó dàbàn rénmín shíbùguǒfù, ér chōngtū gèfāng shù cì qiānshǔ de tínghuǒ xiéyì duōshù lúnwéi fèizhǐ, hépíng yáoyáowúqī. [Pinyin]

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