房間裡的大象

Chinese

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Etymology

Calque of English elephant in the room.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fángjiān lǐ de dàxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ gaan¹ leoi⁵ dik¹ daai⁶ zoeng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fángjiān lǐ de dàxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fángjian lǐ de̊ dàsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-chien¹ li³ tê⁵ ta⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: fáng-jyān lǐ de dà-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngjian lii .de dahshianq
  - Palladius: фанцзянь ли дэ дасян (fanczjanʹ li dɛ dasjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴ gaan¹ leoi⁵ dik¹ daai⁶ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: fòhng gāan léuih dīk daaih jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ gaan¹ loey⁵ dik⁷ daai⁶ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ gan¹ lêu⁵ dig¹ dai⁶ zêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ kaːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³ tɪk̚⁵ taːi̯²² t͡ʃœːŋ²²/

Idiom

房間裡的大象

elephant in the room

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