家無擔石

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	not have	very little; not much
trad. (家無擔石)		家	無	擔石
simp. (家无担石)		家	无	担石
alternative forms		家無儋石／家无儋石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāwúdànshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāwúdànshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiawúdànshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-wu²-tan⁴-shih²
    • Yale: jyā-wú-dàn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawudannshyr
    • Palladius: цзяуданьши (czjaudanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ u³⁵ tän⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Idiom

家無擔石

1. to have very little food left; to have poverty-stricken