坐井觀天

See also: 坐井观天

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc.)	warn; well	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	day; sky; heaven
trad. (坐井觀天)		坐	井	觀	天
simp. (坐井观天)		坐	井	观	天
Literally: “To sit in a well and look at the sky”.

Etymology

See 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòjǐngguāntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ zeng² gun¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòjǐngguāntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄢㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjiingguantian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯a̠n⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ zeng² gun¹ tin¹
  - Yale: joh jéng gūn tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ dzeng² gun¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ zéng² gun¹ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

坐井觀天

ignorant of the world

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