兔走烏飛

Chinese

		rabbit	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	to fly
trad. (兔走烏飛)		兔	走	烏	飛
simp. (兔走乌飞)		兔	走	乌	飞

Etymology

兔 (tù, “rabbit”) and 烏／乌 (wū, “crow”) refer to the moon rabbit and the three-legged crow in Chinese mythology and represent the moon and the sun, respectively.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tùzǒuwūfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄨ ㄈㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùzǒuwūfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄨ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùzǒuwufei
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-tsou³-wu¹-fei¹
    • Yale: tù-dzǒu-wū-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhtzoouufei
    • Palladius: туцзоууфэй (tuczouufɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thuH tsuwX|tsuwH 'u pj+j

Rime
Character	兔	走	走	烏	飛
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	精 (13)	精 (13)	影 (34)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	模 (23)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I	I	III
Fanqie	湯故切	子苟切	則候切	哀都切	甫微切
Baxter	thuH	tsuwX	tsuwH	'u	pj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuoH/	/t͡səuX/	/t͡səuH/	/ʔuo/	/pʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuoH/	/t͡səuX/	/t͡səuH/	/ʔuo/	/pʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰoH/	/t͡səuX/	/t͡səuH/	/ʔo/	/piuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɔH/	/t͡səwX/	/t͡səwH/	/ʔɔ/	/puj/
Li Rong	/tʰoH/	/t͡suX/	/t͡suH/	/ʔo/	/piuəi/
Wang Li	/tʰuH/	/t͡səuX/	/t͡səuH/	/u/	/pĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuoH/	/t͡sə̯uX/	/t͡sə̯uH/	/ʔuo/	/pwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tù	zǒu	zòu	wū	fēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou3	zau2	zau3	wu1	fei1

Idiom

兔走烏飛

1. time passes quickly

Synonyms

• 烏飛兔走／乌飞兔走