窮鼠齧貓

Chinese

exhausted; poor rat; mouse surname; gnaw cat
trad. (窮鼠齧貓/窮鼠嚙貓) /
simp. (穷鼠啮猫)

Pronunciation


  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: kung4 syu2 jit6 maau1, kung4 syu2 ngit6 maau1, kung4 syu2 ngaat6 maau1
      • Yale: kùhng syú yiht māau, kùhng syú ngiht māau, kùhng syú ngaaht māau
      • Cantonese Pinyin: kung4 sy2 jit9 maau1, kung4 sy2 ngit9 maau1, kung4 sy2 ngaat9 maau1
      • Guangdong Romanization: kung4 xu2 yid6 mao1, kung4 xu2 ngid6 mao1, kung4 xu2 ngad6 mao1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ ʃyː³⁵ jiːt̚² mäːu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰʊŋ²¹ ʃyː³⁵ ŋiːt̚² mäːu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰʊŋ²¹ ʃyː³⁵ ŋäːt̚² mäːu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

窮鼠齧貓

  1. Synonym of 窮鼠齧狸穷鼠啮狸 (qióngshǔ nièlí).
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.