杯中物
Chinese
| drinkware; cup; glass | middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
thing; object; matter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (杯中物) |
杯 | 中 | 物 | |
| Literally: “substance in a cup”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bēizhōngwù
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: beijhongwù
- Wade–Giles: pei1-chung1-wu4
- Yale: bēi-jūng-wù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beijongwuh
- Palladius: бэйчжунъу (bɛjčžunʺu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bui1 zung1 mat6
- Yale: būi jūng maht
- Cantonese Pinyin: bui1 dzung1 mat9
- Guangdong Romanization: bui1 zung1 med6
- Sinological IPA (key): /puːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
杯中物
- (figurative) alcohol
Synonyms
- 杯中之物 (bēizhōngzhīwù)