See 食古不化 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"id": "en-食古不化-zh-phrase-PV5Ttg~V",
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"roman": "m4 faa3",
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"zh_pron": "shígǔbùhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "sik⁶ gu² bat¹ faa³"
},
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"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "shígǔbùhuà [Phonetic: shígǔbúhuà"
},
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"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄕˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "shíhgǔbùhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shih²-ku³-pu⁴-hua⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shŕ-gǔ-bù-hwà"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyrguubuhuah"
},
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"roman": "šigubuxua",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шигубухуа"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
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"zh_pron": "sik⁶ gu² bat¹ faa³"
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "sihk gú bāt fa"
},
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"zh_pron": "sik⁹ gu² bat⁷ faa³"
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "xig⁶ gu² bed¹ fa³"
},
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"ipa": "/sɪk̚² kuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ faː³³/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
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"word": "食古不化"
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"Chinese terms spelled with 古",
"Chinese terms spelled with 食",
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},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shíhgǔbùhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shih²-ku³-pu⁴-hua⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shŕ-gǔ-bù-hwà"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyrguubuhuah"
},
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"roman": "šigubuxua",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шигубухуа"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "sik⁶ gu² bat¹ faa³"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sihk gú bāt fa"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "sik⁹ gu² bat⁷ faa³"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xig⁶ gu² bed¹ fa³"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɪk̚² kuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ faː³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "m4 faa3",
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "唔化"
}
],
"word": "食古不化"
}
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