舉目無親

Chinese

		to look up; to raise one's eyes	not have	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (舉目無親)		舉目	無	親
simp. (举目无亲)		举目	无	亲
Literally: “without a kin in sight”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔmùwúqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² muk⁶ mou⁴ can¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔmùwúqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔmùwúcin
    • Wade–Giles: chü³-mu⁴-wu²-chʻin¹
    • Yale: jyǔ-mù-wú-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeumuhwuchin
    • Palladius: цзюймууцинь (czjujmuucinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi² muk⁶ mou⁴ can¹
    • Yale: géui muhk mòuh chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey² muk⁹ mou⁴ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu² mug⁶ mou⁴ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ mʊk̚² mou̯²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

舉目無親

1. to be a lonely stranger in a strange land with no one to depend on