四大發明

Chinese

		four	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to invent; to expound
trad. (四大發明)		四	大	發明
simp. (四大发明)		四	大	发明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sì Dà Fāmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ daai⁶ faat³ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sì Dà Fāmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sìh Dà Famíng
    • Wade–Giles: Ssŭ⁴ Ta⁴ Fa¹-ming²
    • Yale: Sz̀ Dà Fā-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syh Dah Faming
    • Palladius: Сы Да Фамин (Sy Da Famin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ fä⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ daai⁶ faat³ ming⁴
    • Yale: sei daaih faat mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ daai⁶ faat⁸ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ dai⁶ fad³ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ taːi̯²² faːt̚³ mɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

四大發明

1. the Four Great Inventions

   中國人發明了指南針、火藥、造紙和印刷術，被稱之為中國四大發明。 [MSC, trad.]
   中国人发明了指南针、火药、造纸和印刷术，被称之为中国四大发明。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhōngguórén fāmíng le zhǐnánzhēn, huǒyào, zàozhǐ hé yìnshuāshù, bèi chēng zhī wéi Zhōngguó Sì Dà Fāmíng. [Pinyin]

   The Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing. They are known as the Four Great Chinese Inventions.