竹林七賢

See also: 竹林七贤

Chinese

		bamboo forest; bamboo grove	seven	worthy (person)
trad. (竹林七賢)		竹林	七	賢
simp. (竹林七贤)		竹林	七	贤

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (with a boy attendant), in a Kano school Japanese painting of the Edo period

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhúlín Qīxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ lam⁴ cat¹ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhúlín Qīxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhúlín Cisián
    • Wade–Giles: Chu²-lin² Chʻi¹-hsien²
    • Yale: Jú-lín Chī-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jwulin Chishyan
    • Palladius: Чжулинь Цисянь (Čžulinʹ Cisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lin³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ lam⁴ cat¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: jūk làhm chāt yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ lam⁴ tsat⁷ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ lem⁴ ced¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ lɐm²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/

Proper noun

竹林七賢

1. the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (group of Chinese scholars, writers and musicians of the 3rd century CE)