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投石問路
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to throw; to send
rock; stone; 10 pecks
to ask
road; path; way
trad.
(
投石問路
)
投
石
問
路
simp.
(
投石问路
)
投
石
问
路
Literally:
“to toss a stone to find out what's ahead”.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
tóushíwènlù
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
tau
4
sek
6
man
6
lou
6
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
tâu-chio̍h-būn-lō͘
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
tóushíwènlù
Zhuyin
:
ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
tóushíhwùnlù
Wade–Giles
:
tʻou
2
-shih
2
-wên
4
-lu
4
Yale
:
tóu-shŕ-wèn-lù
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
tourshyrwennluh
Palladius
:
тоушивэньлу
(toušivɛnʹlu)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
tau
4
sek
6
man
6
lou
6
Yale
:
tàuh sehk mahn louh
Cantonese Pinyin
:
tau
4
sek
9
man
6
lou
6
Guangdong Romanization
:
teo
4
ség
6
men
6
lou
6
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/tʰɐu̯
²¹
sɛːk̚² mɐn²² lou̯²²/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
tâu-chio̍h-būn-lō͘
Tâi-lô
:
tâu-tsio̍h-būn-lōo
Phofsit Daibuun
:
daucioiqbuxnlo
IPA
(
Xiamen
)
:
/tau²⁴⁻²² t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bun²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
IPA
(
Quanzhou
)
:
/tau²⁴⁻²² t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bun⁴¹⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
IPA
(
Zhangzhou
)
:
/tau¹³⁻²² t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bun²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
IPA
(
Taipei
)
:
/tau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bun³³⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
IPA
(
Kaohsiung
)
:
/tau²³⁻³³ t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bun³³⁻²¹ lɔ³³/
Idiom
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投石問路
to
test the waters