洛陽紙貴

洛陽紙貴

Chinese

		Luoyang, an ancient capital	paper	expensive
trad. (洛陽紙貴)		洛陽	紙	貴
simp. (洛阳纸贵)		洛阳	纸	贵
Literally: “to push up the paper price in Luoyang”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòyángzhǐguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄓˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ joeng⁴ zi² gwai³
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): log⁸ iang⁵ zua² gui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòyángzhǐguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄓˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòyángjhǐhguèi
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-yang²-chih³-kuei⁴
    • Yale: lwò-yáng-jř-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohyangjyyguey
    • Palladius: лоянчжигуй (lojančžiguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kweɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ joeng⁴ zi² gwai³
    • Yale: lohk yèuhng jí gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ joeng⁴ dzi² gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ yêng⁴ ji² guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² jœːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: log⁸ iang⁵ zua² gui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k iâng tsuá kùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lok̚⁴⁻² iaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵²⁻³⁵ kui²¹³/

Idiom

洛陽紙貴

1. (of a literary work, e.g. a new book) to be all the rage for a time; to be immensely popular