Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cōngmíng yīshì, hútú yīshí [Phonetic: cōngmíng yíshì, hútú yìshí] → cōngmíng yīshì, hútu yīshí (toneless variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄧ ㄕˊ → ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ ㄧ ㄕˊ (toneless variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: congmíng yishìh, hútů yishíh
- Wade–Giles: tsʻung1-ming2 i1-shih4, hu2-tʻu5 i1-shih2
- Yale: tsūng-míng yī-shr̀-, hú-tu yī-shŕ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongming ishyh, hwu.twu ishyr
- Palladius: цунмин иши, хуту иши (cunmin iši, xutu iši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ → /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu³⁵ tʰu³ i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- Cantonese
聰明一世,糊塗一時
- even smart people can have a momentary lapse in judgement; even Homer nods
Synonyms
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