寄人籬下
Chinese
editlodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend |
man; person; people | a fence | under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter | ||
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trad. (寄人籬下) | 寄 | 人 | 籬 | 下 | |
simp. (寄人篱下) | 寄 | 人 | 篱 | 下 | |
Literally: “to live under others' fence”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jìrénlísià
- Wade–Giles: chi4-jên2-li2-hsia4
- Yale: jì-rén-lí-syà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihrenlishiah
- Palladius: цзижэньлися (czižɛnʹlisja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ li³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gei3 jan4 lei4 haa6
- Yale: gei yàhn lèih hah
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei3 jan4 lei4 haa6
- Guangdong Romanization: géi3 yen4 léi4 ha6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kei̯³³ jɐn²¹ lei̯²¹ haː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit寄人籬下
- to depend on others, thus not being self-reliant