斧斤

Chinese

		hatchet	axe
simp. and trad. (斧斤)		斧	斤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǔjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǔjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǔjin
  - Wade–Giles: fu³-chin¹
  - Yale: fǔ-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuujin
  - Palladius: фуцзинь (fuczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

Noun

斧斤

axe; hatchet
- 牛山之木嘗美矣，以其郊於大國也，斧斤伐之，可以爲美乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  牛山之木尝美矣，以其郊于大国也，斧斤伐之，可以为美乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Niúshān zhī mù cháng měi yǐ, yǐ qí jiāo yú dà guó yě, fǔjīn fá zhī, kě yǐ wéi měi hū? [Pinyin]
  The trees of the Niu Mountain were once beautiful. Being situated, however, in the borders of a large capital city, they were hewn down with axes — and could they retain their beauty?

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