如意算盤

Chinese

		according to [one's] wishes; to be as one wishes; to be satisfactory	abacus; plan; plan of action abacus; plan; plan of action; master plan
trad. (如意算盤)		如意	算盤
simp. (如意算盘)		如意	算盘
Literally: “to-one's-desire abacus”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúyìsuànpán

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ji³ syun³ pun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): jû-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ / jî-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rúyìsuànpán → rúyìsuànpan (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ → ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄆㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruyihsuann.parn
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ pʰän³⁵/ → /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ pʰän¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ ji³ syun³ pun⁴
  - Yale: yùh yi syun pùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ ji³ syn³ pun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yi³ xun³ pun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jiː³³ ʃyːn³³ pʰuːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: jû-ì-sǹg-puânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ju'iesngrpvoaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: jî-ì-sǹg-puânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ji'iesngrpvoaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/

Idiom

如意算盤

one's wishful thinking; counting the chickens before they are hatched

Derived terms

打如意算盤／打如意算盘

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