空前絕後
Chinese
| unprecedented; as never before | to be never repeated; to never happen again in the future; to have no offspring | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (空前絕後) | 空前 | 絕後 | |
| simp. (空前绝后) | 空前 | 绝后 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): kōngqiánjuéhòu
- (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄡˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hung1 cin4 zyut6 hau6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khong-chhiân chit-hǎu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kōngqiánjuéhòu
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kongciánjyuéhòu
- Wade–Giles: kʻung1-chʻien2-chüeh2-hou4
- Yale: kūng-chyán-jywé-hòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongchyanjyuehow
- Palladius: кунцяньцзюэхоу (kuncjanʹczjuexou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hung1 cin4 zyut6 hau6
- Yale: hūng chìhn jyuht hauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung1 tsin4 dzyt9 hau6
- Guangdong Romanization: hung1 qin4 jud6 heo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡syːt̚² hɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-chhiân chit-hǎu
- Tâi-lô: khong-tshiân tsit-hǎu
- IPA (Longyan): /kʰoŋ³³⁴ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹ t͡sit̚⁵⁻³⁴ hau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
Idiom
空前絕後
- unprecedented and never to be duplicated; the first and the last; unmatched; unique
References
- 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “空前绝后”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 487.