旌旗蔽日

Chinese

		banner; flag; soldiers	to block out light from the sun
trad. (旌旗蔽日)		旌旗	蔽日
simp. #(旌旗蔽日)		旌旗	蔽日
Literally: “banners blocking out the sun”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngqíbìrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ kei⁴ bai³ jat⁶, sing¹ kei⁴ bai³ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngqíbìrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingcíbìrìh
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-chʻi²-pi⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: jīng-chí-bì-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingchyibihryh
    • Palladius: цзинцибижи (czincibiži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ kei⁴ bai³ jat⁶, sing¹ kei⁴ bai³ jat⁶
    • Yale: jīng kèih bai yaht, sīng kèih bai yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ kei⁴ bai³ jat⁹, sing¹ kei⁴ bai³ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ kéi⁴ bei³ yed⁶, xing¹ kéi⁴ bei³ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚²/, /sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚²/

Idiom

旌旗蔽日

1. Describing a vast and mighty army.