望塵莫及

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	dust; dirt; earth	do not; there is none who	to reach; and
trad. (望塵莫及)		望	塵	莫	及
simp. (望尘莫及)		望	尘	莫	及
Literally: “to see the dust ahead and be unable to catch up”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngchénmòjí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngchénmòjí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngchénmòjí
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-chʻên²-mo⁴-chi²
  - Yale: wàng-chén-mwò-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqchernmohjyi
  - Palladius: ванчэньмоцзи (vančɛnʹmoczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶
  - Yale: mohng chàhn mohk kahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ tsan⁴ mok⁹ kap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ cen⁴ mog⁶ keb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p
  - Tâi-lô: bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxngdinbogkip
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tin²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/

Idiom

望塵莫及

(usually humble) to be far inferior

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