學富五車

Chinese

	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology	rich; abundant; to enrich rich; abundant; to enrich; resource	five	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (學富五車)	學	富	五	車
simp. (学富五车)	学	富	五	车
Literally: “with rich knowledge that can be put into five carts”.

Etymology

From Zhuangzi's comment about Hui Shi:

惠施多方，其書五車，其道舛駁，其言也不中。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

惠施多方，其书五车，其道舛驳，其言也不中。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

Huì Shī duō fāng, qí shū wǔ chē, qí dào chuǎnbó, qí yán yě bù zhòng. [Pinyin]

Hui Shi knows many things in different fields. He has read five carts of books. However, his philosophy is messy, and what he says are not appropriate either.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuéfùwǔchē, xuéfùwǔjū

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˇ ㄔㄜ, ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˇ ㄐㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hok⁶ fu³ ng⁵ geoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuéfùwǔchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˇ ㄔㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuéfùwǔche
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-fu⁴-wu³-chʻê¹
  - Yale: sywé-fù-wǔ-chē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuefuhwuuche
  - Palladius: сюэфуучэ (sjuefuučɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ fu⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuéfùwǔjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˇ ㄐㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuéfùwǔjyu
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-fu⁴-wu³-chü¹
  - Yale: sywé-fù-wǔ-jyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuefuhwuujiu
  - Palladius: сюэфууцзюй (sjuefuuczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ fu⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hok⁶ fu³ ng⁵ geoi¹
  - Yale: hohk fu ńgh gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hok⁹ fu³ ng⁵ goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hog⁶ fu³ ng⁵ gêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːk̚² fuː³³ ŋ̍¹³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

學富五車

to be learned; to be extremely knowledgeable