乏人問津

Chinese

			to make inquiries about a ferry crossing; to make inquiries
trad. (乏人問津)		乏人	問津
simp. (乏人问津)		乏人	问津

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fárénwènjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ jan⁴ man⁶ zeon¹
Min Nan (POJ): hoa̍t-jîn-būn-chin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fárénwènjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fárénwùnjin
  - Wade–Giles: fa²-jên²-wên⁴-chin¹
  - Yale: fá-rén-wèn-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farrenwennjin
  - Palladius: фажэньвэньцзинь (fažɛnʹvɛnʹczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä³⁵ ʐən³⁵⁻⁵⁵ wən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ jan⁴ man⁶ zeon¹
  - Yale: faht yàhn mahn jēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ jan⁴ man⁶ dzoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ yen⁴ men⁶ zên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² jɐn²¹ mɐn²² t͡ʃɵn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-jîn-būn-chin
  - Tâi-lô: hua̍t-jîn-būn-tsin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoadjinbuxncyn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚⁴⁻³² ʑin²³⁻³³ bun³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Idiom

乏人問津

to have few people making enquiries about the matter; to be unable to attract people's attention

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