庖丁解牛

庖丁解牛

Chinese

		cook	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	ox; cow; bull
trad. (庖丁解牛)		庖丁	解	牛
simp. #(庖丁解牛)		庖丁	解	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páodīngjiěniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴ ding¹ gaai² ngau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: páodīngjiěniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paurdingjiieniou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páodingjiěnióu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau⁴ ding¹ gaai² ngau⁴
    • Yale: pàauh dīng gáai ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴ ding¹ gaai² ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴ ding¹ gai² ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰäːu̯²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵ käːi̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

庖丁解牛

1. to be skilled at what one does; to do something with ease