鐘鳴鼎食

Chinese

		clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell	to cry (of birds)	extravagant food
trad. (鐘鳴鼎食)		鐘	鳴	鼎食
simp. (钟鸣鼎食)		钟	鸣	鼎食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngmíngdǐngshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ming⁴ ding² sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngmíngdǐngshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongmíngdǐngshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-ming²-ting³-shih²
    • Yale: jūng-míng-dǐng-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongmingdiingshyr
    • Palladius: чжунминдинши (čžunmindinši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ ming⁴ ding² sik⁶
    • Yale: jūng mìhng díng sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ming⁴ ding² sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ming⁴ ding² xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ tɪŋ³⁵ sɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyowng mjaeng tengX zyik

Rime
Character	鐘	鳴	鼎	食
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	明 (4)	端 (5)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	庚 (111)	青 (125)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV	III
Fanqie	職容切	武兵切	都挺切	乗力切
Baxter	tsyowng	mjaeng	tengX	zyik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨoŋ/	/mˠiæŋ/	/teŋX/	/ʑɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/mᵚiaŋ/	/teŋX/	/ʑɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/miaŋ/	/tɛŋX/	/ʑiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuawŋ/	/miajŋ/	/tɛjŋX/	/ʑik̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕioŋ/	/miɐŋ/	/teŋX/	/d͡ʑiək̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/	/mĭɐŋ/	/tieŋX/	/d͡ʑĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/tieŋX/	/d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	míng	dǐng	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	ming4	ding2	sik6

Idiom

鐘鳴鼎食

1. extravagant lifestyle

   • 閭閻撲地，鐘鳴鼎食之家。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     闾阎扑地，钟鸣鼎食之家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 675, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》

     Lǘyánpūdì, zhōngmíngdǐngshí zhī jiā. [Pinyin]

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