竹籃打水

竹籃打水

Chinese

		bamboo basket	to draw water
trad. (竹籃打水)		竹籃	打水
simp. (竹篮打水)		竹篮	打水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúlándǎshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ laam⁴ daa² seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhúlándǎshuǐ [Phonetic: zhúlándáshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulandaashoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ la̠n³⁵ ta̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (竹籃兒打水／竹篮儿打水)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhúlánrdǎshuǐ [Phonetic: zhúlánrdáshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊㄦ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulaldaashoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lɑɻ³⁵ ta̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ laam⁴ daa² seoi²
    • Yale: jūk làahm dá séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ laam⁴ daa² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ lam⁴ da² sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ laːm²¹ taː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

竹籃打水

1. “wild-goose chase”, using a wicker basket to draw water; (figuratively) wasted effort

Derived terms

竹籃打水一場空／竹篮打水一场空 (zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchángkōng)