發人深省

發人深省

See also: 发人深省

Chinese

		to set people	to wake up to a sharp awareness of the truth; to understand after much soul-searching
trad. (發人深省)		發人	深省
simp. (发人深省)		发人	深省
variant forms		發人深醒／发人深醒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fārén shēnxǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄣ ㄒㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ jan⁴ sam¹ sing²
• Min Nan (POJ): hoat-jîn-chhim-séng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fārén shēnxǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄣ ㄒㄧㄥˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faren shenshiing
    • IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: faat³ jan⁴ sam¹ sing²
    • Yale: faat yàhn sām síng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ jan⁴ sam¹ sing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ yen⁴ sem¹ xing²
    • IPA ^(key): /fäːt̚³ jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ sɪŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 發人深省／发人深省 發人深醒／发人深醒

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-jîn-chhim-séng
    • Tâi-lô: huat-jîn-tshim-síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatjinchimseang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰim³³ ɕiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ ʑin²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

發人深省

1. to set people thinking; to call for deep thought