舉目無親

Chinese

		to look up; to raise one's eyes	not have	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (舉目無親)		舉目	無	親
simp. (举目无亲)		举目	无	亲
Literally: “without a kin in sight”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǔmùwúqīn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² muk⁶ mou⁴ can¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǔmùwúqīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔmùwúcin
  - Wade–Giles: chü³-mu⁴-wu²-chʻin¹
  - Yale: jyǔ-mù-wú-chīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeumuhwuchin
  - Palladius: цзюймууцинь (czjujmuucinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi² muk⁶ mou⁴ can¹
  - Yale: géui muhk mòuh chān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey² muk⁹ mou⁴ tsan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu² mug⁶ mou⁴ cen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ mʊk̚² mou̯²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

舉目無親

to be a lonely stranger in a strange land with no one to depend on

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