蜀犬吠日

Chinese

		Sichuan	dog	to bark	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (蜀犬吠日)		蜀	犬	吠	日

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǔquǎnfèirì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ hyun² fai⁶ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǔquǎnfèirì [Phonetic: shúquǎnfèirì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄖˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuucheuanfeyryh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǔcyuǎnfèirì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk⁶ hyun² fai⁶ jat⁶
  - Yale: suhk hyún faih yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ hyn² fai⁶ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ hün² fei⁶ yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² hyːn³⁵ fɐi̯²² jɐt̚²/

Idiom

蜀犬吠日

to be surprised at something common because of one's ignorance

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