窮山惡水

Chinese

		barren mountains	torrential rivers
trad. (窮山惡水)		窮山	惡水
simp. (穷山恶水)		穷山	恶水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngshān'èshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄢ ㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ saan¹ ok³ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngshān'èshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄢ ㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngshan-èshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-shan¹-o⁴-shui³
    • Yale: chyúng-shān-è-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongshanehshoei
    • Palladius: цюншаньэшуй (cjunšanʹešuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ saan¹ ok³ seoi²
    • Yale: kùhng sāan ok séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ saan¹ ok⁸ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ san¹ og³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵ ɔːk̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

窮山惡水

1. very poor and adverse natural environment

Derived terms

• 窮山惡水出刁民／穷山恶水出刁民 (qióngshān'èshuǐ chū diāomín)