大智若愚

Chinese

		great wisdom	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	stupid
trad. (大智若愚)		大智	若	愚
simp. #(大智若愚)		大智	若	愚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhìruòyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zi³ joek⁶ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhìruòyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhìhruòyú
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chih⁴-jo⁴-yü²
    • Yale: dà-jr̀-rwò-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjyhruohyu
    • Palladius: дачжижоюй (dačžižojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zi³ joek⁶ jyu⁴
    • Yale: daaih ji yeuhk yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzi³ joek⁹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ji³ yêg⁶ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡siː³³ jœːk̚² jyː²¹/

Idiom

大智若愚

1. having great intelligence but appearing foolish; a man of great wisdom appearing slow-witted