竹籃打水

Chinese

		bamboo basket	to draw water; to copulate
trad. (竹籃打水)		竹籃	打水
simp. (竹篮打水)		竹篮	打水
Literally: “using a wicker basket to draw water”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhúlándǎshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ laam⁴ daa² seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlándǎshuǐ [Phonetic: zhúlándáshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhúlándǎshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chu²-lan²-ta³-shui³
  - Yale: jú-lán-dǎ-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulandaashoei
  - Palladius: чжуланьдашуй (čžulanʹdašuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ län³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (竹籃兒打水／竹篮儿打水)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlánrdǎshuǐ [Phonetic: zhúlánrdáshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊㄦㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhúlánrdǎshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chu²-lan²-ʼrh-ta³-shui³
  - Yale: jú-lánr-dǎ-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulaldaashoei
  - Palladius: чжуланьрдашуй (čžulanʹrdašuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lɑɻ³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk¹ laam⁴ daa² seoi²
  - Yale: jūk làahm dá séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ laam⁴ daa² soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ lam⁴ da² sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ laːm²¹ taː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

竹籃打水

(figurative) wild-goose chase; wasted effort

Derived terms

竹籃打水一場空／竹篮打水一场空

See also

徒勞／徒劳 (túláo)
徒勞無功／徒劳无功 (túláowúgōng)

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