依樣畫葫蘆

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Min Dong) kinship prefix	manner; pattern; way manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape	draw; picture; painting	bottle gourd; calabash; full house
trad. (依樣畫葫蘆)		依	樣	畫	葫蘆
simp. (依样画葫芦)		依	样	画	葫芦
Literally: “to draw a gourd from the model”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīyànghuàhúlu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ joeng⁶ waak⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīyànghuàhúlu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyanqhuahhwu.lhu
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ i̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯a̠⁵¹ xu³⁵ lu³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ joeng⁶ waak⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴
  - Yale: yī yeuhng waahk wùh lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ joeng⁶ waak⁹ wu⁴ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ yêng⁶ wag⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²² waːk̚² wuː²¹ lou̯²¹/

Idiom

依樣畫葫蘆

to copy something mechanically without attempt at originality

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