聞雞起舞
See also: 闻鸡起舞
Chinese
edithear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at |
fowl; chicken | to begin dancing | ||
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trad. (聞雞起舞/聞鷄起舞) | 聞 | 雞/鷄 | 起舞 | |
simp. (闻鸡起舞) | 闻 | 鸡 | 起舞 | |
Literally: “to get up and do sword practice upon hearing the rooster’s crow”. |
Etymology
editBased on a story in Zu Ti (祖逖)'s biography in the Book of Jin [648 CE], in which Zu Ti would get up with the sound of the roosters in order to practice his martial arts.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄧˇ ㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúnjicǐwǔ
- Wade–Giles: wên2-chi1-chʻi3-wu3
- Yale: wén-jī-chǐ-wǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenjichiiwuu
- Palladius: вэньцзициу (vɛnʹcziciu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: man4 gai1 hei2 mou5
- Yale: màhn gāi héi móuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: man4 gai1 hei2 mou5
- Guangdong Romanization: men4 gei1 héi2 mou5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit聞雞起舞
- to be a go-getter; to be a self-starter