竹籃打水

Chinese

		bamboo basket	to draw water
trad. (竹籃打水)		竹籃	打水
simp. (竹篮打水)		竹篮	打水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhúlándǎshuǐ

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhúlándǎshuǐ [Phonetic: zhúlándáshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulandaashoei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ la̠n³⁵ ta̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (竹籃兒打水／竹篮儿打水)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhúlánrdǎshuǐ [Phonetic: zhúlánrdáshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄢˊㄦㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulaldaashoei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lɑɻ³⁵ ta̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk¹ laam⁴ daa² seoi²
  - Yale: jūk làahm dá séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ laam⁴ daa² soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ lam⁴ da² sêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ laːm²¹ taː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

竹籃打水

“wild-goose chase”, using a wicker basket to draw water; (figuratively) wasted effort

Derived terms

竹籃打水一場空／竹篮打水一场空 (zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchángkōng)

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