望夫石
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Chinese
hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards |
husband; man | rock; stone; 10 pecks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (望夫石) | 望 | 夫 | 石 | |
| simp. #(望夫石) | 望 | 夫 | 石 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄈㄨ ㄕˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wàngfushíh
- Wade–Giles: wang4-fu1-shih2
- Yale: wàng-fū-shŕ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqfushyr
- Palladius: ванфуши (vanfuši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mong6 fu1 sek6
- Yale: mohng fū sehk
- Cantonese Pinyin: mong6 fu1 sek9
- Guangdong Romanization: mong6 fu1 ség6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔːŋ²² fuː⁵⁵ sɛːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
望夫石
- Mong Fu Shek (a rock located on a hilltop in southwest Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, said to be the spot where the faithful wife of a fisherman climbed every day to wait for her husband, not knowing he had been drowned at sea)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
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| 望 | 夫 | 石 |