博士買驢
Chinese
edit| doctorate; Ph.D.; doctor | buy | donkey | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (博士買驢) | 博士 | 買 | 驢 | |
| simp. (博士买驴) | 博士 | 买 | 驴 | |
| Literally: “the scholar buys a donkey”. | ||||
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bóshìhmǎilyú
- Wade–Giles: po2-shih4-mai3-lü2
- Yale: bwó-shr̀-mǎi-lyú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borshyhmaeliu
- Palladius: бошимайлюй (bošimajljuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bok3 si6 maai5 leoi4
- Yale: bok sih máaih lèuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bok8 si6 maai5 loey4
- Guangdong Romanization: bog3 xi6 mai5 lêu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔːk̚³ siː²² maːi̯¹³ lɵy̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit博士買驢
- (of words) long-winded, vague and never getting to the point