蚍蜉撼大樹

Chinese

			shake; to incite	big tree; Dashu
trad. (蚍蜉撼大樹)		蚍蜉	撼	大樹
simp. (蚍蜉撼大树)		蚍蜉	撼	大树
Literally: “termites shaking huge trees”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pífúhàndàshù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ daai⁶ syu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pífúhàndàshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyifwuhanndahshuh
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ fu³⁵ xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ daai⁶ syu⁶
  - Yale: pèih fàuh hahm daaih syuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ daai⁶ sy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ feo⁴ hem⁶ dai⁶ xu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹ hɐm²² täːi̯²² ʃyː²²/

Idiom

蚍蜉撼大樹

Synonym of 蚍蜉撼樹／蚍蜉撼树 (pífúhànshù).

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