焚書坑儒
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See also: 焚书坑儒
Chinese
| burn | book; letter | pit; to defraud | scholar; Confucian | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (焚書坑儒) | 焚 | 書 | 坑 | 儒 | |
| simp. (焚书坑儒) | 焚 | 书 | 坑 | 儒 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fan4 syu1 haang1 jyu4
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ung5 ze1 kên1 ru5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄎㄥ ㄖㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fénshukengrú
- Wade–Giles: fên2-shu1-kʻêng1-ju2
- Yale: fén-shū-kēng-rú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fernshukengru
- Palladius: фэньшукэнжу (fɛnʹšukɛnžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fan4 syu1 haang1 jyu4
- Yale: fàhn syū hāang yùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: fan4 sy1 haang1 jy4
- Guangdong Romanization: fen4 xu1 hang1 yu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐn²¹ syː⁵⁵ haːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ung5 ze1 kên1 ru5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûng tsṳ kheⁿ jû
- Sinological IPA (key): /uŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ kʰẽ³³⁻²³ d͡zu⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Idiom
焚書坑儒
- "burning of books and burying of scholars" (anti-intellectual event during Qin dynasty)