家徒四壁

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	apprentice; disciple; bare apprentice; disciple; bare; plain	four walls; from every direction
simp. and trad. (家徒四壁)		家	徒	四壁
Literally: “there is nothing in the house except four bare walls”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiātúsìbì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄊㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiātúsìbì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄊㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiatúsìhbì
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-tʻu²-ssŭ⁴-pi⁴
  - Yale: jyā-tú-sz̀-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiatwusyhbih
  - Palladius: цзятусыби (czjatusybi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik¹
  - Yale: gā tòuh sei bīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ tou⁴ séi³ big¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ sei̯³³ pɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

家徒四壁

(figurative) very poor; wretched

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