望塵莫及

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	dust; dirt; earth	do not; there is none who	to reach; and
trad. (望塵莫及)		望	塵	莫	及
simp. (望尘莫及)		望	尘	莫	及
Literally: “to see the dust ahead and be unable to catch up”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngchénmòjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàngchénmòjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngchénmòjí
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-chʻên²-mo⁴-chi²
    • Yale: wàng-chén-mwò-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqchernmohjyi
    • Palladius: ванчэньмоцзи (vančɛnʹmoczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶
    • Yale: mohng chàhn mohk kahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ tsan⁴ mok⁹ kap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ cen⁴ mog⁶ keb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxngdinbogkip
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tin²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/

Idiom

望塵莫及

1. (usually humble) to be far inferior