人傑地靈

人傑地靈

Chinese

		outstanding person; hero
trad. (人傑地靈)		人傑	地靈
simp. (人杰地灵)		人杰	地灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénjiédìlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ git⁶ dei⁶ ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rénjiédìlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjyedihling
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ti⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ git⁶ dei⁶ ling⁴
    • Yale: yàhn giht deih lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ git⁹ dei⁶ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ gid⁶ déi⁶ ling⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kiːt̚² tei̯²² lɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

人傑地靈

1. the greatness of a person lends glory to a place; a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son