博士買驢

Chinese

		doctorate; Ph.D.; doctor	buy	donkey
trad. (博士買驢)		博士	買	驢
simp. (博士买驴)		博士	买	驴
Literally: “the scholar buys a donkey”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bóshìmǎilǘ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ si⁶ maai⁵ leoi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bóshìmǎilǘ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bóshìhmǎilyú
  - Wade–Giles: po²-shih⁴-mai³-lü²
  - Yale: bwó-shr̀-mǎi-lyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borshyhmaeliu
  - Palladius: бошимайлюй (bošimajljuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bok³ si⁶ maai⁵ leoi⁴
  - Yale: bok sih máaih lèuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ si⁶ maai⁵ loey⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³ xi⁶ mai⁵ lêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ siː²² maːi̯¹³ lɵy̯²¹/

Idiom

博士買驢

(of words) long-winded, vague and never getting to the point

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