絕倫
Chinese
cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means |
the same kind, peer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (絕倫) | 絕 | 倫 | |
| simp. (绝伦) | 绝 | 伦 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: juélún
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyuélún
- Wade–Giles: chüeh2-lun2
- Yale: jywé-lwún
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueluen
- Palladius: цзюэлунь (czjuelunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zyut6 leon4
- Yale: jyuht lèuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt9 loen4
- Guangdong Romanization: jud6 lên4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡syːt̚² lɵn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-lûn
- Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-lûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoadluun
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² lun²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚²⁴⁻² lun²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lun¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² lun²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² lun²³/
- (Hokkien)
Adjective
絕倫
- (formal) unsurpassed; unequalled; peerless; matchless
- 炙手可熱勢絕倫，慎莫近前丞相嗔。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: Tang dynasty, Du Fu, Fair Ladies: A Ballad (《麗人行》), translation by Stephen Owen, The Poetry of Du Fu
- Zhìshǒukěrè shì juélún, shèn mò jìnqián chéngxiàng chēn. [Pinyin]
- Heat that can burn the hands, power beyond all measure―
Take care not to come close before the Minister's angry glare!
炙手可热势绝伦，慎莫近前丞相嗔。 [MSC, simp.]