高山景行

Chinese

		high; tall	mountain; hill	bright; circumstance; scenery	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (高山景行)		高	山	景	行

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 218 (《詩經·小雅·車舝》):

高山仰止，景行行止。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Gāoshān yǎng zhǐ, jǐngxíng xíng zhǐ. [Pinyin]

The high hill is looked up to; The great road is easy to be travelled on.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāoshānjǐngxíng, gāoshānjǐngxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄕㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, ㄍㄠㄕㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁴, gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland China)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāoshānjǐngxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄕㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaoshanjǐngsíng
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-shan¹-ching³-hsing²
  - Yale: gāu-shān-jǐng-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushanjiingshyng
  - Palladius: гаошаньцзинсин (gaošanʹczinsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāoshānjǐngxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄕㄢㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaoshanjǐngsìng
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-shan¹-ching³-hsing⁴
  - Yale: gāu-shān-jǐng-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushanjiingshinq
  - Palladius: гаошаньцзинсин (gaošanʹczinsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁴, gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁶
  - Yale: gōu sāan gíng hàhng, gōu sāan gíng hahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁴, gou¹ saan¹ ging² hang⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ san¹ ging² heng⁴, gou¹ san¹ ging² heng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ hɐŋ²¹/, /kou̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ hɐŋ²²/

Idiom

高山景行

(of people) morally upright; noble

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