枕戈待旦

Chinese

		pillow	spear	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay	dawn; morning; day-break dawn; morning; day-break; day
trad. (枕戈待旦)		枕	戈	待	旦
simp. #(枕戈待旦)		枕	戈	待	旦
Literally: “to keep one's spear by the pillow and await the dawn”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěngēdàidàn, zhèngēdàidàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ ㄍㄜ ㄉㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ, ㄓㄣˋ ㄍㄜ ㄉㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam³ gwo¹ doi⁶ daan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěngēdàidàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ ㄍㄜ ㄉㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěngedàidàn
    • Wade–Giles: chên³-ko¹-tai⁴-tan⁴
    • Yale: jěn-gē-dài-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeengedaydann
    • Palladius: чжэньгэдайдань (čžɛnʹgɛdajdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngēdàidàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄍㄜ ㄉㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngedàidàn
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-ko¹-tai⁴-tan⁴
    • Yale: jèn-gē-dài-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenngedaydann
    • Palladius: чжэньгэдайдань (čžɛnʹgɛdajdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam³ gwo¹ doi⁶ daan³
    • Yale: jam gwō doih daan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam³ gwo¹ doi⁶ daan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem³ guo¹ doi⁶ dan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³³ kʷɔː⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²² taːn³³/

Idiom

枕戈待旦

1. to be vigilant and ready for battle