其樂無窮

Chinese

		his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	joy; pleasure	to be endless; to be boundless; to be inexhaustible to be endless; to be boundless; to be inexhaustible; infinity
trad. (其樂無窮)		其	樂	無窮
simp. (其乐无穷)		其	乐	无穷
Literally: “the joy therein is inexhaustible”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qílèwúqióng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ lok⁶ mou⁴ kung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qílèwúqióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cílèwúcyóng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-lê⁴-wu²-chʻiung²
  - Yale: chí-lè-wú-chyúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyilehwuchyong
  - Palladius: цилэуцюн (cilɛucjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ lok⁶ mou⁴ kung⁴
  - Yale: kèih lohk mòuh kùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ lok⁹ mou⁴ kung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ log⁶ mou⁴ kung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ lɔːk̚² mou̯²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

其樂無窮

it is a great joy to (do something); to find it an infinite delight (to do something)

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