銷聲匿跡

Chinese

			to go into hiding; to stay in concealment
trad. (銷聲匿跡)		銷聲	匿跡
simp. (销声匿迹)		销声	匿迹
alternative forms		消聲匿跡／消声匿迹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoshēngnìjì, xiāoshēngnìjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄕㄥ ㄋㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ, ㄒㄧㄠ ㄕㄥ ㄋㄧˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ sing¹ nik¹ zik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-seng-le̍k-chek / siau-siaⁿ-bih-jiah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoshēngnìjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄕㄥ ㄋㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaoshengnìjì
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-shêng¹-ni⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: syāu-shēng-nì-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaushengnihjih
    • Palladius: сяошэнницзи (sjaošɛnniczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ni⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoshēngnìjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄕㄥ ㄋㄧˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaoshengnìji
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-shêng¹-ni⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: syāu-shēng-nì-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaushengnihji
    • Palladius: сяошэнницзи (sjaošɛnniczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ni⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ sing¹ nik¹ zik¹
    • Yale: sīu sīng nīk jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ sing¹ nik⁷ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ xing¹ nig¹ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ nɪk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-seng-le̍k-chek
    • Tâi-lô: siau-sing-li̍k-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siausenglegzeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-siaⁿ-bih-jiah
    • Tâi-lô: siau-siann-bih-jiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siausvia'bihjiaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ siã⁴⁴⁻³³ bi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ziaʔ³²/

Idiom

銷聲匿跡

1. to keep silent and lie low; to vanish (from the public eye); to disappear from the scene