險阻
Chinese
| danger(ous); rugged | to hinder; to block; to obstruct | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (險阻) | 險 | 阻 | |
| simp. (险阻) | 险 | 阻 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnzǔ [Phonetic: xiánzǔ]
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnzǔ
- Wade–Giles: hsien3-tsu3
- Yale: syǎn-dzǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheantzuu
- Palladius: сяньцзу (sjanʹczu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: him2 zo2
- Yale: hím jó
- Cantonese Pinyin: him2 dzo2
- Guangdong Romanization: him2 zo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiːm³⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiám-chó͘
- Tâi-lô: hiám-tsóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiafmzor
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Middle Chinese: xjemX tsrjoX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰr[a]mʔ [ts]raʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰramʔ ʔsraʔ/
Adjective
險阻
- (usually of roads) dangerous and difficult, and with obstructions
Noun
險阻
- obstacle; bottleneck (geographic feature that is difficult to traverse)
- 不知山林、險阻、沮澤之形者，不能行軍。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Art of War, circa 5th century BCE, translated based on Lionel Giles's version
- Bùzhī shānlín, xiǎnzǔ, jùzé zhī xíng zhě, bùnéng xíngjūn. [Pinyin]
- We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country - its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps.
不知山林、险阻、沮泽之形者，不能行军。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]