工字不出頭

Chinese

		work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	not; no	to free oneself; to hold up one's head
trad. (工字不出頭)		工	字	不	出頭
simp. (工字不出头)		工	字	不	出头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng zì bù chūtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ zi⁶ bat¹ ceot¹ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōng zì bù chūtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gong zìh bù chutóu
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹ tzŭ⁴ pu⁴ chʻu¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: gūng dz̀ bù chū-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong tzyh bu chutour
    • Palladius: гун цзы бу чутоу (gun czy bu čutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ zi⁶ bat¹ ceot¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: gūng jih bāt chēut tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dzi⁶ bat⁷ tsoet⁷ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ ji⁶ bed¹ cêd¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Proverb

工字不出頭

1. One cannot be successful in life by being a worker