毛遂自薦

See also: 毛遂自荐

Chinese

		Mao Sui (BCE 3rd century)	to recommend oneself
trad. (毛遂自薦)		毛遂	自薦
simp. (毛遂自荐)		毛遂	自荐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máosuìzìjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ seoi⁶ zi⁶ zin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máosuìzìjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máosuèizìhjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-sui⁴-tzŭ⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: máu-swèi-dz̀-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mausueytzyhjiann
    • Palladius: маосуйцзыцзянь (maosujczyczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ seoi⁶ zi⁶ zin³
    • Yale: mòuh seuih jih jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ soey⁶ dzi⁶ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sêu⁶ ji⁶ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɵy̯²² t͡siː²² t͡siːn³³/

Idiom

毛遂自薦

1. to recommend oneself; to put oneself up for a task; to nominate oneself; to volunteer; to offer one's services