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精衛填海
精衛填海
See also:
精卫填海
Chinese
Jingwei, the daughter of the emperorYandi who drowned at a young age in theEast Sea and assumed the shape of a bird in order to exact revenge upon the sea by filling it up with pebbles
to
fill up
the
ocean
trad.
(
精衛填海
)
精衛
填海
simp.
(
精卫填海
)
精卫
填海
Idiom
精衛填海
dogged
determination
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
jīngwèitiánhǎi
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
zing
1
wai
6
tin
4
hoi
2
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
jīngwèitiánhǎi
Zhuyin
:
ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
jingweytyanhae
IPA
(key)
:
/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
)
+
Jyutping
:
zing
1
wai
6
tin
4
hoi
2
Yale
:
j
ī
ng waih tìhn hói
Cantonese Pinyin
:
dzing
1
wai
6
tin
4
hoi
2
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡sɪŋ
⁵⁵
wɐi̯²² tʰiːn²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
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