中流砥柱

Chinese

		midstream of a river; middle reaches of a river	Mount Dizhu
trad. (中流砥柱)		中流	砥柱
simp. #(中流砥柱)		中流	砥柱

Etymology

From the so-called Mount Dizhu (砥柱山), which is situated midstream of the Yellow River, splitting its flow.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngliúdǐzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ lau⁴ dai² cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngliúdǐzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhonglióudǐjhù
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-liu²-ti³-chu⁴
    • Yale: jūng-lyóu-dǐ-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonglioudiijuh
    • Palladius: чжунлюдичжу (čžunljudičžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngliúdǐzhùr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄨˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhonglióudǐjhùr
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-liu²-ti³-chu⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jūng-lyóu-dǐ-jùr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonglioudiijull
    • Palladius: чжунлюдичжур (čžunljudičžur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂuɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ lau⁴ dai² cyu⁵
    • Yale: jūng làuh dái chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ lau⁴ dai² tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ leo⁴ dei² qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹ tɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/

Idiom

中流砥柱

1. (figurative) mainstay; cornerstone; chief support