斧斤

Chinese

		hatchet	axe
simp. and trad. (斧斤)		斧	斤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔjin
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-chin¹
    • Yale: fǔ-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuujin
    • Palladius: фуцзинь (fuczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

Noun

斧斤

1. axe; hatchet

   • 牛山之木嘗美矣，以其郊於大國也，斧斤伐之，可以爲美乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     牛山之木尝美矣，以其郊于大国也，斧斤伐之，可以为美乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Niúshān zhī mù cháng měi yǐ, yǐ qí jiāo yú dà guó yě, fǔjīn fá zhī, kě yǐ wéi měi hū? [Pinyin]

     The trees of the Niu Mountain were once beautiful. Being situated, however, in the borders of a large capital city, they were hewn down with axes — and could they retain their beauty?