俯首稱臣
Chinese
| look down; stoop | head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems |
to submit to; to give allegiance to; to declare oneself a vassal to a feudal state | ||
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| trad. (俯首稱臣) | 俯 | 首 | 稱臣 | |
| simp. (俯首称臣) | 俯 | 首 | 称臣 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fǔshǒu chēngchén [Phonetic: fúshǒuchēngchén]
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄥ ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǔshǒu chengchén
- Wade–Giles: fu3-shou3 chʻêng1-chʻên2
- Yale: fǔ-shǒu chēng-chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuushoou chengchern
- Palladius: фушоу чэнчэнь (fušou čɛnčɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu2 sau2 cing1 san4
- Yale: fú sáu chīng sàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2 sau2 tsing1 san4
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2 seo2 qing1 sen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
俯首稱臣
- to concede one's defeat or submission