望夫石

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	husband; man	rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (望夫石)		望	夫	石
simp. #(望夫石)		望	夫	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngfūshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄈㄨ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ fu¹ sek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàngfūshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄈㄨ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngfushíh
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-fu¹-shih²
    • Yale: wàng-fū-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqfushyr
    • Palladius: ванфуши (vanfuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁶ fu¹ sek⁶
    • Yale: mohng fū sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ fu¹ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ fu¹ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵ sɛːk̚²/

Proper noun

望夫石

1. Mong Fu Shek (a rock located on a hilltop in southwest Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, said to be the spot where the faithful wife of a fisherman climbed every day to wait for her husband, not knowing he had been drowned at sea)

Korean

Hanja in this term
望	夫	石

Noun

望夫石 • (mangbuseok) (hangeul 망부석)

1. Hanja form^? of 망부석.