焚書坑儒

See also: 焚书坑儒

Chinese

		burn	book; letter	pit; to defraud	scholar; Confucian
trad. (焚書坑儒)		焚	書	坑	儒
simp. (焚书坑儒)		焚	书	坑	儒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fénshūkēngrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄎㄥ ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁴ syu¹ haang¹ jyu⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ung⁵ ze¹ kên¹ ru⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fénshūkēngrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄎㄥ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fénshukengrú
    • Wade–Giles: fên²-shu¹-kʻêng¹-ju²
    • Yale: fén-shū-kēng-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fernshukengru
    • Palladius: фэньшукэнжу (fɛnʹšukɛnžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁴ syu¹ haang¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: fàhn syū hāang yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁴ sy¹ haang¹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁴ xu¹ hang¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²¹ syː⁵⁵ haːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ung⁵ ze¹ kên¹ ru⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûng tsṳ kheⁿ jû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ kʰẽ³³⁻²³ d͡zu⁵⁵/

Idiom

焚書坑儒

1. "burning of books and burying of scholars" (anti-intellectual event during the Qin Dynasty)