斷子絕孫

See also: 断子绝孙

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	grandson
trad. (斷子絕孫)		斷	子	絕	孫
simp. (断子绝孙)		断	子	绝	孙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànzǐjuésūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄗˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁵ zi² zyut⁶ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànzǐjuésūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄗˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànzǐhjyuésun
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-tzŭ³-chüeh²-sun¹
    • Yale: dwàn-dž-jywé-swūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanntzyyjyuesuen
    • Palladius: дуаньцзыцзюэсунь (duanʹczyczjuesunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyun⁵ zi² zyut⁶ syun¹
    • Yale: tyúhn jí jyuht syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁵ dzi² dzyt⁹ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tün⁵ ji² jud⁶ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn¹³ t͡siː³⁵ t͡syːt̚² syːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

斷子絕孫

1. (often as a curse) to have no descendants

Synonyms

• 絕子絕孫／绝子绝孙 (juézǐjuésūn)