九霄雲外

Chinese

		highest heavens	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (九霄雲外)		九霄	雲	外
simp. (九霄云外)		九霄	云	外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔxiāoyúnwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² siu¹ wan⁴ ngoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiú-siau-hûn-gōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔxiāoyúnwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒusiaoyúnwài
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-hsiao¹-yün²-wai⁴
    • Yale: jyǒu-syāu-yún-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoushiauyunway
    • Palladius: цзюсяоюньвай (czjusjaojunʹvaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ yn³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² siu¹ wan⁴ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: gáu sīu wàhn ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² siu¹ wan⁴ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² xiu¹ wen⁴ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ wɐn²¹ ŋɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiú-siau-hûn-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: kiú-siau-hûn-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiwsiau'hun'goe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴⁻²² ɡue²²/

Idiom

九霄雲外

1. a high and faraway place

   他早已把這事抛到九霄雲外去了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他早已把这事抛到九霄云外去了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zǎoyǐ bǎ zhè shì pāo dào jiǔxiāoyúnwài qù le. [Pinyin]

   He had forgotten it completely.