同日而語

Chinese

		the same day	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (同日而語)		同日	而	語
simp. (同日而语)		同日	而	语
Literally: “to speak of two things on the same day”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngrì'éryǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ jat⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóngrì'éryǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongrryhelryeu
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ jat⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: tùhng yaht yìh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ jat⁹ ji⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ yed⁶ yi⁴ yu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ jɐt̚² jiː²¹ jyː¹³/

Idiom

同日而語

to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives)

Derived terms

不可同日而語／不可同日而语 (bùkě tóngrì'éryǔ)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.