數典忘祖

Chinese

		number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly	canon; dictionary	to forget; to overlook; to neglect	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (數典忘祖)		數	典	忘	祖
simp. (数典忘祖)		数	典	忘	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔdiǎnwàngzǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou² din² mong⁴ zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔdiǎnwàngzǔ [Phonetic: shúdiǎnwàngzǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔdiǎnwàngzǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-tien³-wang⁴-tsu³
    • Yale: shǔ-dyǎn-wàng-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuudeanwanqtzuu
    • Palladius: шудяньванцзу (šudjanʹvanczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou² din² mong⁴ zou²
    • Yale: sóu dín mòhng jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou² din² mong⁴ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou² din² mong⁴ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³⁵ tiːn³⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Idiom

數典忘祖

1. to forget one's roots
2. to be ignorant of the history of one's own country or ancestors