四大名著

Chinese

		four	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	masterpiece; famous book; celebrated work
trad. (四大名著)		四	大	名著
simp. ^#(四大名著)		四	大	名著

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sì Dà Míngzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ daai⁶ ming⁴ zyu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sì Dà Míngzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sìh Dà Míngjhù
  - Wade–Giles: Ssŭ⁴ Ta⁴ Ming²-chu⁴
  - Yale: Sz̀ Dà Míng-jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syh Dah Mingjuh
  - Palladius: Сы Да Минчжу (Sy Da Minčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ daai⁶ ming⁴ zyu³
  - Yale: sei daaih mìhng jyu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ daai⁶ ming⁴ dzy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ dai⁶ ming⁴ ju³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ taːi̯²² mɪŋ²¹ t͡syː³³/

Proper noun

四大名著

(literature) Four Classic Novels (the four works of Chinese literature most highly regarded in Chinese literary criticism: the Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, the Water Margin by Shi Nai'an, the Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, and the Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
四	大	名	著

Proper noun

四大名著

chữ Hán form of Tứ đại danh tác (“Four Classic Novels”)