汗牛充棟
Chinese
editperspiration; sweat | ox; cow; bull | fill; satisfy; fulfil fill; satisfy; fulfil; to act in place of; substitute; sufficient; full |
roof beam | ||
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trad. (汗牛充棟) | 汗 | 牛 | 充 | 棟 | |
simp. (汗牛充栋) | 汗 | 牛 | 充 | 栋 | |
Literally: “(enough books) to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hànnióuchongdòng
- Wade–Giles: han4-niu2-chʻung1-tung4
- Yale: hàn-nyóu-chūng-dùng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannniouchongdonq
- Palladius: ханьнючундун (xanʹnjučundun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xän⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hon6 ngau4 cung1 dung3
- Yale: hohn ngàuh chūng dung
- Cantonese Pinyin: hon6 ngau4 tsung1 dung3
- Guangdong Romanization: hon6 ngeo4 cung1 dung3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːn²² ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit汗牛充棟
- (figurative, of books) to be numerous