千萬買鄰
Chinese
editten million; tens of millions of | |||
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trad. (千萬買鄰/千萬買隣) | 千萬 | 買鄰/買隣 | |
simp. (千万买邻) | 千万 | 买邻 | |
Literally: “to buy a neighbour for ten million”. |
Pronunciation
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- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cianwànmǎilín
- Wade–Giles: chʻien1-wan4-mai3-lin2
- Yale: chyān-wàn-mǎi-lín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianwannmaelin
- Palladius: цяньваньмайлинь (cjanʹvanʹmajlinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cin1 maan6 maai5 leon4
- Yale: chīn maahn máaih lèuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsin1 maan6 maai5 loen4
- Guangdong Romanization: qin1 man6 mai5 lên4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ maːn²² maːi̯¹³ lɵn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
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- good neighbours are hard to find