蚍蜉撼樹

Chinese

			shake; to incite	tree
trad. (蚍蜉撼樹)		蚍蜉	撼	樹
simp. (蚍蜉撼树)		蚍蜉	撼	树
Literally: “a big ant shaking a tree”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pífúhànshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ syu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pífúhànshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pífúhànshù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-fu²-han⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: pí-fú-hàn-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyifwuhannshuh
    • Palladius: пифуханьшу (pifuxanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ fu³⁵ xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ syu⁶
    • Yale: pèih fàuh hahm syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ feo⁴ hem⁶ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹ hɐm²² syː²²/

Idiom

蚍蜉撼樹

1. to ridiculously overrate oneself; to be self-important

Synonyms

• 蚍蜉撼大樹／蚍蜉撼大树 (pífúhàndàshù)