壁立千仞

Chinese

		sheer
trad. (壁立千仞)		壁立	千仞
simp. #(壁立千仞)		壁立	千仞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìlìqiānrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìlìqiānrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìlìcianrèn
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-li⁴-chʻien¹-jên⁴
    • Yale: bì-lì-chyān-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihlihchianrenn
    • Palladius: билицяньжэнь (bilicjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/

Idiom

壁立千仞

1. (of a cliff) extremely tall and upright