大禹治水

Chinese

		Yu the Great	to control water resources to prevent flooding
trad. (大禹治水)		大禹	治水
simp. ^#(大禹治水)		大禹	治水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàyǔ zhìshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jyu⁵ zi⁶ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàyǔ zhìshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàyǔ jhìhshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-yü³ chih⁴-shui³
  - Yale: Dà-yǔ jr̀-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahyeu jyhshoei
  - Palladius: Даюй чжишуй (Dajuj čžišuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ jyu⁵ zi⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: daaih yúh jih séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jy⁵ dzi⁶ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yu⁵ ji⁶ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jyː¹³ t͡siː²² sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

大禹治水

“Great Yu controls the flood”, a legendary event said to underlie the founding of the Xia Dynasty, the earliest dynasty of China.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.