大禹治水
Chinese
Yu the Great, legendary ruler in ancient China, famed for introducing flood control and founding the Xia Dynasty to control water resources to prevent flooding simp. and trad.
(大禹治水)大禹 治水
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahyeu jyhshoei
- IPA (key): /ta̠⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: daai6 jyu5 zi6 seoi2
- Yale: daaih yúh jih séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 jy5 dzi6 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 yu5 ji6 sêu2
- IPA (key): /tɑːi̯²² jyː¹³ t͡siː²² sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Proper noun
大禹治水
- “Great Yu controls the flood”, a legendary event said to underlie the founding of the Xia Dynasty, the earliest dynasty of China.
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