窮山惡水

Chinese

		barren mountains	torrential rivers
trad. (窮山惡水)		窮山	惡水
simp. (穷山恶水)		穷山	恶水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qióngshān'èshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄢㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ saan¹ ok³ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qióngshān'èshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄢㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngshan-èshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-shan¹-o⁴-shui³
  - Yale: chyúng-shān-è-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongshanehshoei
  - Palladius: цюншаньэшуй (cjunšanʹešuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kung⁴ saan¹ ok³ seoi²
  - Yale: kùhng sāan ok séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ saan¹ ok⁸ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ san¹ og³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵ ɔːk̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

窮山惡水

very poor and adverse natural environment

Derived terms

窮山惡水出刁民／穷山恶水出刁民 (qióngshān'èshuǐ chū diāomín)

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