投石問路

Chinese

		to throw; to send	rock; stone; 10 pecks	to ask	road; path; way
trad. (投石問路)		投	石	問	路
simp. (投石问路)		投	石	问	路
Literally: “to toss a stone to find out what's ahead”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóushíwènlù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ sek⁶ man⁶ lou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tâu-chio̍h-būn-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóushíwènlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshyrwennluh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóushíhwùnlù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ sek⁶ man⁶ lou⁶
  - Yale: tàuh sehk mahn louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ sek⁹ man⁶ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ ség⁶ men⁶ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛːk̚² mɐn²² lou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chio̍h-būn-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tâu-tsio̍h-būn-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daucioiqbuxnlo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bun²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bun⁴¹⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² t͡ɕio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bun²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bun³³⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bun³³⁻²¹ lɔ³³/

Idiom

投石問路

to test the waters

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