塘底石——水乾先見

塘底石——水乾先見

See also: 塘底石——水干先见

Chinese

		pond	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)	rock; stone; 10 pecks		water; river	dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (塘底石——水乾先見)		塘	底	石	——	水	乾	先	見
simp. (塘底石——水干先见)		塘	底	石	——	水	干	先	见

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ dai² sek⁶, seoi² gon¹ sin¹ gin³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ dai² sek⁶, seoi² gon¹ sin¹ gin³
    • Yale: tòhng dái sehk, séui gōn sīn gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ dai² sek⁹, soey² gon¹ sin¹ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ dei² ség⁶, sêu² gon¹ xin¹ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³⁵ sɛːk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ kiːn³³/

Idiom

塘底石——水乾先見

1. (Cantonese) somebody whose true character only shows when they are broke