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井底之蛙
jíngdǐ zhī wā
(after tone sandhi)
Main
English Definitionthe frog at the bottom of the well (idiom); fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
Simplified Script井底之蛙
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinjǐngdǐ zhī wā
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
jíngdǐ zhī wā
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄓ ㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping)zeng2dai2 zi1 waa1
Part of Speech(成语) cheng yu
Word Decomposition
井底jǐngdǐbottom of a well
zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of ); him; her; it
frog

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