蜀犬吠日

Chinese

		Sichuan	dog	to bark	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (蜀犬吠日)		蜀	犬	吠	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔquǎnfèirì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ hyun² fai⁶ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔquǎnfèirì [Phonetic: shúquǎnfèirì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔcyuǎnfèirìh
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-chʻüan³-fei⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: shǔ-chywǎn-fèi-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuucheuanfeyryh
    • Palladius: шуцюаньфэйжи (šucjuanʹfɛjži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk⁶ hyun² fai⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: suhk hyún faih yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ hyn² fai⁶ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ hün² fei⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² hyːn³⁵ fɐi̯²² jɐt̚²/

Idiom

蜀犬吠日

1. to be surprised at something common because of one's ignorance