兔走烏飛

Chinese

		rabbit	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	to fly
trad. (兔走烏飛)		兔	走	烏	飛
simp. (兔走乌飞)		兔	走	乌	飞

Etymology

兔 (tù, “rabbit”) and 烏／乌 (wū, “crow”) refer to the moon rabbit and the three-legged crow in Chinese mythology and represent the moon and the sun, respectively.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tùzǒuwūfēi
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄨㄈㄟ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tùzǒuwūfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄨㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tùzǒuwufei
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-tsou³-wu¹-fei¹
  - Yale: tù-dzǒu-wū-fēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhtzoouufei
  - Palladius: туцзоууфэй (tuczouufɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /tʰuo^H t͡səu^X|t͡səu^H ʔuo pʉi/

Rime
Character	兔	走	走	烏	飛
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	精 (13)	精 (13)	影 (34)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	模 (23)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I	I	III
Fanqie	湯故切	子苟切	則候切	哀都切	甫微切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuo^H/	/t͡səu^X/	/t͡səu^H/	/ʔuo/	/pʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuo^H/	/t͡səu^X/	/t͡səu^H/	/ʔuo/	/pʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰo^H/	/t͡səu^X/	/t͡səu^H/	/ʔo/	/piuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɔ^H/	/t͡səw^X/	/t͡səw^H/	/ʔɔ/	/puj/
Li Rong	/tʰo^H/	/t͡su^X/	/t͡su^H/	/ʔo/	/piuəi/
Wang Li	/tʰu^H/	/t͡səu^X/	/t͡səu^H/	/u/	/pĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuo^H/	/t͡sə̯u^X/	/t͡sə̯u^H/	/ʔuo/	/pwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tù	zǒu	zòu	wū	fēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou³	zau²	zau³	wu¹	fei¹

Idiom

兔走烏飛

time passes quickly

Synonyms

烏飛兔走／乌飞兔走