高山仰止

Chinese

		high mountain; Takayama	look up	to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad. (高山仰止)		高山	仰	止

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 218 (《詩經·小雅·車舝》):

高山仰止，景行行止。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Gāoshān yǎng zhǐ, jǐngxíng xíng zhǐ. [Pinyin]

The high hill is looked up to; The great road is easy to be travelled on.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoshānyǎngzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄧㄤˇ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ saan¹ joeng⁵ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoshānyǎngzhǐ [Phonetic: gāoshānyángzhǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄧㄤˇ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoshanyǎngjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-shan¹-yang³-chih³
    • Yale: gāu-shān-yǎng-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushanyeangjyy
    • Palladius: гаошаньянчжи (gaošanʹjančži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ saan¹ joeng⁵ zi²
    • Yale: gōu sāan yéuhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ saan¹ joeng⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ san¹ yêng⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ¹³ t͡siː³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.[k]ˤaw  s-ŋrar  C.ŋaŋʔ  təʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːw  sreːn  ŋaŋʔ  kjɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	高	山	仰	止
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gāo	shān	yǎng	zhǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kaw ›	‹ srɛn ›	‹ ngjangX ›	‹ tsyiX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.[k]ˁaw/	/*s-ŋrar/	/*C.ŋaŋʔ/	/*təʔ/
English	high, tall	mountain, hill	lift the face, look up	foot; stop
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	高	山	仰	止
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	1/1
No.	3726	11052	31	17297
Phonetic component	高	山	卬	止
Rime group	宵	元	陽	之
Rime subdivision	1	2	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	髙	山	仰	止
Old Chinese	/*kaːw/	/*sreːn/	/*ŋaŋʔ/	/*kjɯʔ/
Notes				趾初文

Idiom

高山仰止

1. to admire and venerate (someone great and noble)