"如意算盤" meaning in Chinese

See 如意算盤 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ pʰän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ pʰän¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jyː²¹ jiː³³ syːn³³ pʰuːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /zu²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /zi²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ pʰän³⁵/, /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ pʰän¹/, /jyː²¹ jiː³³ syːn³³ pʰuːn²¹/, /zu²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/, /zi²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/ Chinese transliterations: rúyìsuànpán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jyu⁴ ji³ syun³ pun⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], jû-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ, jî-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ, rúyìsuànpán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], rúyìsuànpan [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄆㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], rúyìsuànpån [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], ju²-i⁴-suan⁴-pʻan⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], rú-yì-swàn-pan [Mandarin, Yale, standard], ruyihsuann.parn [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], жуисуаньпань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], žuisuanʹpanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], yùh yi syun pùhn [Cantonese, Yale], jy⁴ ji³ syn³ pun⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yu⁴ yi³ xun³ pun⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], jû-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], jû-ì-sǹg-puânn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], ju'iesngrpvoaa [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], jî-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], jî-ì-sǹg-puânn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], ji'iesngrpvoaa [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 如意算盘
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 如意算盤
  1. one's wishful thinking; counting the chickens before they are hatched Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: 打如意算盤, 打如意算盘
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    {
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        "bopomofo",
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        "Wade-Giles",
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      "zh-pron": "ju²-i⁴-suan⁴-pʻan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rú-yì-swàn-pan"
    },
    {
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruyihsuann.parn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "жуисуаньпань"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žuisuanʹpanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ pʰän³⁵/ ",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
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        "Sinological-IPA",
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùh yi syun pùhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy⁴ ji³ syn³ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu⁴ yi³ xun³ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ jiː³³ syːn³³ pʰuːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jû-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jû-ì-sǹg-puânn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ju'iesngrpvoaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zu²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji'iesngrpvoaa"
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        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ jiː³³ syːn³³ pʰuːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zu²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "jyu⁴ ji³ syun³ pun⁴"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "jî-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "rúyìsuànpán"
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    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄆㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rúyìsuànpån"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ju²-i⁴-suan⁴-pʻan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rú-yì-swàn-pan"
    },
    {
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ruyihsuann.parn"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жуисуаньпань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žuisuanʹpanʹ"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùh yi syun pùhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy⁴ ji³ syn³ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu⁴ yi³ xun³ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ jiː³³ syːn³³ pʰuːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jû-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jû-ì-sǹg-puânn"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ju'iesngrpvoaa"
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    {
      "ipa": "/zu²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jî-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jî-ì-sǹg-puânn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan"
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