千絲萬縷

See also: 千丝万缕

Chinese

		thousand	silk; thread; trace	ten thousand; a great number; surname	state in detail; strand; thread
trad. (千絲萬縷)		千	絲	萬	縷
simp. (千丝万缕)		千	丝	万	缕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānsīwànlǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄙ ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ si¹ maan⁶ lau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-si-bān-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānsīwànlǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄙ ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciansihwànlyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-ssŭ¹-wan⁴-lü³
    • Yale: chyān-sz̄-wàn-lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiansywannleu
    • Palladius: цяньсываньлюй (cjanʹsyvanʹljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ si¹ maan⁶ lau⁵
    • Yale: chīn sī maahn láuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ si¹ maan⁶ lau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ xi¹ man⁶ leo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ maːn²² lɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-si-bān-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-si-bān-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiensi'baxnlie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/

Idiom

千絲萬縷

1. inexhaustible; linked in countless ways