高山景行

Chinese

		high; tall	mountain; hill	bright; circumstance; scenery	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (高山景行)		高	山	景	行

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 218 (《詩經·小雅·車舝》):

高山仰止，景行行止。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Gāoshān yǎng zhǐ, jǐngxíng xíng zhǐ. [Pinyin]

The high hill is looked up to; The great road is easy to be travelled on.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoshānjǐngxíng, gāoshānjǐngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁴, gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland China)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoshānjǐngxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoshanjǐngsíng
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-shan¹-ching³-hsing²
    • Yale: gāu-shān-jǐng-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushanjiingshyng
    • Palladius: гаошаньцзинсин (gaošanʹczinsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoshānjǐngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoshanjǐngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-shan¹-ching³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: gāu-shān-jǐng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushanjiingshinq
    • Palladius: гаошаньцзинсин (gaošanʹczinsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁴, gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁶
    • Yale: gōu sāan gíng hàhng, gōu sāan gíng hahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁴, gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ san¹ ging² heng⁴, gou¹ san¹ ging² heng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ hɐŋ²¹/, /kou̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ hɐŋ²²/

Idiom

高山景行

1. (of people) morally upright; noble