杳無人煙

Chinese

		dark and quiet; disappear	not have	signs of human habitation
trad. (杳無人煙)		杳	無	人煙
simp. (杳无人烟)		杳	无	人烟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎowúrényān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ mou⁴ jan⁴ jin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎowúrényān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎowúrényan
  - Wade–Giles: yao³-wu²-jên²-yen¹
  - Yale: yǎu-wú-rén-yān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauwurenian
  - Palladius: яо’ужэньянь (jao’užɛnʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʐən³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁵ mou⁴ jan⁴ jin¹
  - Yale: míuh mòuh yàhn yīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ mou⁴ jan⁴ jin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ mou⁴ yen⁴ yin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³ mou̯²¹ jɐn²¹ jiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

杳無人煙

to be desolate; to be uninhabited
- 師兄差疑了，似這杳無人煙之處，又無個怪獸妖禽，怕他怎的？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  师兄差疑了，似这杳无人烟之处，又无个怪兽妖禽，怕他怎的？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE
  Shīxiōng chā yí le, sì zhè yǎowúrényān zhī chù, yòu wú ge guàishòu yāoqín, pà tā zěnde? [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

渺無人煙／渺无人烟 (miǎowúrényān)

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