山中無老虎，猴子稱大王

Chinese

mountain; hill
 
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 not have tiger; energy-consuming unit or machine monkey; dice
 
to call; to praise; to weigh; to estimate; to consider; to address; to name; to say; commend; steelyard; balanced; to fit; well-off; suitable
 king; monarch
trad. (山中無老虎，猴子稱大王) 山 中 無 老虎 ， 猴子 稱 大王
simp. (山中无老虎，猴子称大王) 山 中 无 老虎 ， 猴子 称 大王
alt. forms 山上無老虎，猴子稱大王／山上无老虎，猴子称大王
山中無老虎，猴子也稱王／山中无老虎，猴子也称王
Literally: “the monkeys reign when there are no tigers in the mountain”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shān zhōng wú lǎohǔ, hóuzi chēng dàwáng, shān zhōng wú lǎohǔ, hóuzi chēng dàiwáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ, ㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗ ㄔㄥ ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ, ㄕㄢ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ, ㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗ ㄔㄥ ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄤˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): saan1 zung1 mou4 lou5 fu2, hau4 zi2 cing1 daai6 wong4
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: shān zhōng wú lǎohǔ, hóuzi chēng dàwáng [Phonetic: shānzhōngwúláohǔ,hóuzichēngdàwáng]
      • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ, ㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗ ㄔㄥ ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan jong wu laohuu, hour.tzy cheng dahwang
      • IPA (key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xoʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ ta̠⁵¹ u̯ɑŋ³⁵/
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: shān zhōng wú lǎohǔ, hóuzi chēng dàiwáng [Phonetic: shānzhōngwúláohǔ,hóuzichēngdàiwáng]
      • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ, ㄏㄡˊ ˙ㄗ ㄔㄥ ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄤˊ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan jong wu laohuu, hour.tzy cheng daywang
      • IPA (key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xoʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ u̯ɑŋ³⁵/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: saan1 zung1 mou4 lou5 fu2, hau4 zi2 cing1 daai6 wong4
      • Yale: sāan jūng mòuh lóuh fú, hàuh jí chīng daaih wòhng
      • Cantonese Pinyin: saan1 dzung1 mou4 lou5 fu2, hau4 dzi2 tsing1 daai6 wong4
      • Guangdong Romanization: san1 zung1 mou4 lou5 fu2, heo4 ji2 qing1 dai6 wong4
      • IPA (key): /sɑːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ hɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ tɑːi̯²² wɔːŋ²¹/

Proverb

山中無老虎，猴子稱大王

  1. in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

Synonyms

  • 老虎不在家，猴子稱大王／老虎不在家，猴子称大王
  • 山中無好漢，猢猻稱霸王／山中无好汉，猢狲称霸王
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