竹籃打水
Chinese
| bamboo basket | to draw water; to copulate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (竹籃打水) | 竹籃 | 打水 | |
| simp. (竹篮打水) | 竹篮 | 打水 | |
| Literally: “using a wicker basket to draw water”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlándǎshuǐ [Phonetic: zhúlándáshuǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhúlándǎshuěi
- Wade–Giles: chu2-lan2-ta3-shui3
- Yale: jú-lán-dǎ-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulandaashoei
- Palladius: чжуланьдашуй (čžulanʹdašuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ län³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (竹籃兒打水 / 竹篮儿打水)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlánrdǎshuǐ [Phonetic: zhúlánrdáshuǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊㄦ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhúlánrdǎshuěi
- Wade–Giles: chu2-lan2-ʼrh-ta3-shui3
- Yale: jú-lánr-dǎ-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulaldaashoei
- Palladius: чжуланьрдашуй (čžulanʹrdašuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lɑɻ³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zuk1 laam4 daa2 seoi2
- Yale: jūk làahm dá séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk7 laam4 daa2 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: zug1 lam4 da2 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ laːm²¹ taː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
竹籃打水
- (figurative) wild-goose chase; wasted effort