乏人問津

Chinese

			to make inquiries about a ferry crossing; to make inquiries
trad. (乏人問津)		乏人	問津
simp. (乏人问津)		乏人	问津

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fárénwènjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ jan⁴ man⁶ zeon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa̍t-jîn-būn-chin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fárénwènjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fárénwùnjin
    • Wade–Giles: fa²-jên²-wên⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: fá-rén-wèn-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farrenwennjin
    • Palladius: фажэньвэньцзинь (fažɛnʹvɛnʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä³⁵ ʐən³⁵ wən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ jan⁴ man⁶ zeon¹
    • Yale: faht yàhn mahn jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ jan⁴ man⁶ dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ yen⁴ men⁶ zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² jɐn²¹ mɐn²² t͡sɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-jîn-būn-chin
    • Tâi-lô: hua̍t-jîn-būn-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoadjinbuxncyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚⁴⁻³² zin²³⁻³³ bun³³⁻²¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/

Idiom

乏人問津

1. to have few people making enquiries about the matter; to be unable to attract people's attention