陳穀子爛芝麻
Chinese
editarrange; exhibit; narrate arrange; exhibit; narrate; tell; old; stale; state; display; explain; surname |
foxtail millet, the plant or the unhulled grain) | rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely |
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trad. (陳穀子爛芝麻) | 陳 | 穀子 | 爛 | 芝麻 | |
simp. (陈谷子烂芝麻) | 陈 | 谷子 | 烂 | 芝麻 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄢˋ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chén gǔzi̊h làn jhihmå
- Wade–Giles: chʻên2 ku3-tzŭ5 lan4 chih1-ma5
- Yale: chén gǔ-dz làn jr̄-ma
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chern guu.tzy lann jy.ma
- Palladius: чэнь гуцзы лань чжима (čɛnʹ guczy lanʹ čžima)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ku²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ län⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: can4 guk1 zi2 laan6 zi1 maa4
- Yale: chàhn gūk jí laahn jī màh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsan4 guk7 dzi2 laan6 dzi1 maa4
- Guangdong Romanization: cen4 gug1 ji2 lan6 ji1 ma4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ kʊk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ laːn²² t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit陳穀子爛芝麻
- Synonym of 陳芝麻爛穀子/陈芝麻烂谷子 (chén zhīma làn gǔzi, “dated and inconsequential affairs”)