罄竹難書

Chinese

		entirely; exhausted; stern	bamboo	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	book; letter
trad. (罄竹難書)		罄	竹	難	書
simp. (罄竹难书)		罄	竹	难	书

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qìngzhúnánshū

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing³ zuk¹ naan⁴ syu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qìngzhúnánshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinqjwunanshu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ na̠n³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing³ zuk¹ naan⁴ syu¹
  - Yale: hing jūk nàahn syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing³ dzuk⁷ naan⁴ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing³ zug¹ nan⁴ xu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ³³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ nɑːn²¹ ɕyː⁵⁵/

Idiom

罄竹難書

so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted, innumerable crimes (idiom)

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