竹籃打水一場空
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Chinese
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edit
]
using a wicker basket to draw water;
wild-goose chase
;
wasted
effort
all
of one's
hopes
and
efforts
coming to
nothing
trad.
(
竹籃打水一場空
)
竹籃打水
一場空
simp.
(
竹篮打水一场空
)
竹篮打水
一场空
Pronunciation
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]
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchángkōng
,
zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchǎngkōng
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧ ㄔㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
, standard in
Mainland
and
Taiwan
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchángkōng
[Phonetic: zhúlán
dá
shuǐ
yì
chángkōng]
Zhuyin
:
ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
jhúlán dǎshuěi yichángkong
Wade–Giles
:
chu
2
-lan
2
ta
3
-shui
3
i
1
-chʻang
2
-kʻung
1
Yale
:
jú-lán dǎ-shwěi yī-cháng-kūng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
jwulan daashoei icharngkong
Palladius
:
чжулань дашуй ичанкун
(čžulanʹ dašuj ičankun)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ län³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
(
Standard Chinese
, colloquial variant
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchǎngkōng
[Phonetic: zhúlán
dá
shuǐ
yì
chǎngkōng]
Zhuyin
:
ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧ ㄔㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
jhúlán dǎshuěi yichǎngkong
Wade–Giles
:
chu
2
-lan
2
ta
3
-shui
3
i
1
-chʻang
3
-kʻung
1
Yale
:
jú-lán dǎ-shwěi yī-chǎng-kūng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
jwulan daashoei ichaangkong
Palladius
:
чжулань дашуй ичанкун
(čžulanʹ dašuj ičankun)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ län³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Idiom
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]
竹籃打水一場空
as
futile
as
drawing
water
with a
bamboo
basket
Categories
:
Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone
Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations
Chinese lemmas
Mandarin lemmas
Chinese four-character idioms
Mandarin four-character idioms
Chinese idioms
Mandarin idioms
Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
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