孤陋寡聞

See also: 孤陋寡闻

Chinese

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|- ! !lone; lonely

!

low; humble; plain; ugly; mean; vulgar

!few; widowed

!

hear; news; celebrated; sniff at

|- !trad. (孤陋寡聞) | 孤 | 陋 | 寡 | 聞 |- !simp. (孤陋寡闻) | 孤 | 陋 | 寡 | 闻 |}

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūlòuguǎwén

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄌㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ lau⁶ gwaa² man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gūlòuguǎwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄌㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gulowgoawen
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯a̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ lau⁶ gwaa² man⁴
  - Yale: gū lauh gwá màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ lau⁶ gwaa² man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ leo⁶ gua² men⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ lɐu̯²² kʷɑː³⁵ mɐn²¹/

Idiom

孤陋寡聞

ignorant and ill-informed

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