巧婦難為無米之炊
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to be
difficult
to do; to make it
difficult
for
trad.
(
巧婦難為無米之炊
/
巧婦難爲無米之炊
)
巧婦
難為
/
難爲
無米之炊
simp.
(
巧妇难为无米之炊
)
巧妇
难为
无米之炊
Literally:
“the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice”.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
qiǎofù nánwéi wúmǐzhīchuī
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄟ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
haau
2
fu
5
naan
4
wai
4
mou
4
mai
5
zi
1
ceoi
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
qiǎofù nánwéi wúmǐzhīchuī
Zhuyin
:
ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄟ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
ciǎofù nánwéi wúmǐjhihchuei
Wade–Giles
:
chʻiao
3
-fu
4
nan
2
-wei
2
wu
2
-mi
3
-chih
1
-chʻui
1
Yale
:
chyǎu-fù nán-wéi wú-mǐ-jr̄-chwēi
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
cheaufuh nanwei wumiijychuei
Palladius
:
цяофу наньвэй умичжичуй
(cjaofu nanʹvɛj umičžičuj)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ nän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ u³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
haau
2
fu
5
naan
4
wai
4
mou
4
mai
5
zi
1
ceoi
1
Yale
:
háau fúh nàahn wàih mòuh máih j
ī
ch
ē
ui
Cantonese Pinyin
:
haau
2
fu
5
naan
4
wai
4
mou
4
mai
5
dzi
1
tsoey
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
hao
2
fu
5
nan
4
wei
4
mou
4
mei
5
ji
1
cêu
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/haːu̯³⁵ fuː¹³ naːn
²¹
wɐi̯
²¹
mou̯
²¹
mɐi̯¹³ t͡siː
⁵⁵
t͡sʰɵy̯
⁵⁵
/
Proverb
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巧婦難為無米之炊
you can’t
make bricks without straw
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