博士買驢

Chinese

		doctorate; Ph.D.; doctor	buy	donkey
trad. (博士買驢)		博士	買	驢
simp. (博士买驴)		博士	买	驴
Literally: “the scholar buys a donkey”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóshìmǎilǘ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ si⁶ maai⁵ leoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóshìmǎilǘ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóshìhmǎilyú
    • Wade–Giles: po²-shih⁴-mai³-lü²
    • Yale: bwó-shr̀-mǎi-lyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borshyhmaeliu
    • Palladius: бошимайлюй (bošimajljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³ si⁶ maai⁵ leoi⁴
    • Yale: bok sih máaih lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ si⁶ maai⁵ loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³ xi⁶ mai⁵ lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ siː²² maːi̯¹³ lɵy̯²¹/

Idiom

博士買驢

1. (of words) long-winded, vague and never getting to the point