十全十美

Chinese

		ten	all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete	ten	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (十全十美)		十	全	十	美
simp. #(十全十美)		十	全	十	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíquánshíměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ cyun⁴ sap⁶ mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍p-choân-si̍p-bí / cha̍p-choân-cha̍p-bí / cha̍p-chn̂g-cha̍p-bí
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸zeq-zhi ⁸zeq-me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíquánshíměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcyuánshíhměi
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻüan²-shih²-mei³
    • Yale: shŕ-chywán-shŕ-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchyuanshyrmeei
    • Palladius: шицюаньшимэй (šicjuanʹšimɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ cyun⁴ sap⁶ mei⁵
    • Yale: sahp chyùhn sahp méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ tsyn⁴ sap⁹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ qun⁴ seb⁶ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² t͡sʰyːn²¹ sɐp̚² mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍p-choân-si̍p-bí
    • Tâi-lô: si̍p-tsuân-si̍p-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sibzoansibbie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sip̚⁴⁻³² t͡suan²⁴⁻²² sip̚⁴⁻³² bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sip̚⁴⁻³² t͡suan²³⁻³³ sip̚⁴⁻³² bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sip̚⁴⁻³² t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ sip̚⁴⁻³² bi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-choân-cha̍p-bí
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-tsuân-tsa̍p-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zabzoanzabbie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡suan²⁴⁻²² t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² bi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-chn̂g-cha̍p-bí
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-tsn̂g-tsa̍p-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zabzngzabbie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sŋ̍²⁴⁻²² t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² bi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq-zhi ⁸zeq-me
    • MiniDict: zeh^入 zhi zeh^入 me
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-xxi ⁵zeq-me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ ʑi²³ zəʔ¹¹ me²³/

Note: Tone sandhi within chengyu often vary from person to person..

Idiom

十全十美

1. perfect; flawless

   • 人生沒你怎算十全十美 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     人生没你怎算十全十美 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2016, 郭之儀 (lyrics and music), 十全十美 , performed by 蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai]

     lîn-seng bô lí chóaⁿ sǹg -si̍p-choân-si̍p-bí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     How can life without you count as perfect?