石沉大海

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	ocean; sea; large bowl or wine cup
trad. (石沉大海)		石	沉	大海
simp. ^#(石沉大海)		石	沉	大海
Literally: “a stone sinks in the ocean”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíchéndàhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ cam⁴ daai⁶ hoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíchéndàhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhchéndàhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻên²-ta⁴-hai³
  - Yale: shŕ-chén-dà-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrcherndahhae
  - Palladius: шичэньдахай (šičɛnʹdaxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ cam⁴ daai⁶ hoi²
  - Yale: sehk chàhm daaih hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ tsam⁴ daai⁶ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ cem⁴ dai⁶ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² t͡sʰɐm²¹ taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

石沉大海

to receive no response; to never hear back from someone or about something

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