金烏玉兔

金烏玉兔

Chinese

		the golden crow, the three-legged crow living in the sun	The Jade Rabbit
trad. (金烏玉兔)		金烏	玉兔
simp. (金乌玉兔)		金乌	玉兔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnwūyùtù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨ ㄩˋ ㄊㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ wu¹ juk⁶ tou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnwūyùtù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨ ㄩˋ ㄊㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinwuyùtù
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-wu¹-yü⁴-tʻu⁴
    • Yale: jīn-wū-yù-tù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinuyuhtuh
    • Palladius: цзиньуюйту (czinʹujujtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ u⁵⁵ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ wu¹ juk⁶ tou³
    • Yale: gām wū yuhk tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ wu¹ juk⁹ tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ wu¹ yug⁶ tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ wuː⁵⁵ jʊk̚² tʰou̯³³/

Idiom

金烏玉兔

1. (Chinese mythology) the golden crow and the jade rabbit
2. (literary, figuratively) sun and moon; passing of time