房間裡的大象
Chinese
| room | inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing |
really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of |
elephant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (房間裡的大象/房間裏的大象) | 房間 | 裡/裏 | 的 | 大象 | |
| simp. (房间里的大象) | 房间 | 里 | 的 | 大象 | |
Etymology
Calque of English elephant in the room.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): fángjiān lǐ de dàxiàng
- (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fong4 gaan1 leoi5 dik1 daai6 zoeng6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fángjiān lǐ de dàxiàng
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fángjian lǐ de̊ dàsiàng
- Wade–Giles: fang2-chien1 li3 tê5 ta4-hsiang4
- Yale: fáng-jyān lǐ de dà-syàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngjian lii .de dahshianq
- Palladius: фанцзянь ли дэ дасян (fanczjanʹ li dɛ dasjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fong4 gaan1 leoi5 dik1 daai6 zoeng6
- Yale: fòhng gāan léuih dīk daaih jeuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fong4 gaan1 loey5 dik7 daai6 dzoeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: fong4 gan1 lêu5 dig1 dai6 zêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔːŋ²¹ kaːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³ tɪk̚⁵ taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
房間裡的大象