愚公移山
Chinese
to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove |
mountain; hill | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (愚公移山) | 愚公 | 移 | 山 | |
| simp. #(愚公移山) | 愚公 | 移 | 山 | |
| Literally: “the foolish man moves mountains”. | ||||
Etymology
For more information, see the citations page.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): yúgōngyíshān
- (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu4 gung1 ji4 saan1
- Northern Min (KCR): ngṳ̂ gó̤ng î súing
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yúgōngyíshān
- Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yúgongyíshan
- Wade–Giles: yü2-kung1-i2-shan1
- Yale: yú-gūng-yí-shān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yugongyishan
- Palladius: юйгунъишань (jujgunʺišanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ i³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu4 gung1 ji4 saan1
- Yale: yùh gūng yìh sāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4 gung1 ji4 saan1
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4 gung1 yi4 san1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳ̂ gó̤ng î súing
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋy³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴ i³³ suiŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
Idiom
愚公移山
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:愚公移山.
Descendants
- → Japanese: 愚公山を移す (gukō yama o utsusu) (calque)