如意算盤

Chinese

		according to [one's] wishes; to be as one wishes; to be satisfactory	abacus; plan; plan of action abacus; plan; plan of action; master plan
trad. (如意算盤)		如意	算盤
simp. (如意算盘)		如意	算盘
Literally: “to-one's-desire abacus”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúyìsuànpán

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ji³ syun³ pun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jû-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ / jî-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúyìsuànpán → rúyìsuànpan (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄢˊ → ㄖㄨˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄆㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúyìsuànpån
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-i⁴-suan⁴-pʻan⁵
    • Yale: rú-yì-swàn-pan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruyihsuann.parn
    • Palladius: жуисуаньпань (žuisuanʹpanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ pʰän³⁵/ → /ʐu³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ pʰän¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ ji³ syun³ pun⁴
    • Yale: yùh yi syun pùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ ji³ syn³ pun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yi³ xun³ pun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jiː³³ syːn³³ pʰuːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: jû-ì-sǹg-puânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ju'iesngrpvoaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-ì-sǹg-pôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: jî-ì-sǹg-puânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'iesngrpvoaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²³/

Idiom

如意算盤

1. one's wishful thinking; counting the chickens before they are hatched

Derived terms

• 打如意算盤／打如意算盘