歹竹出好筍

Chinese

		bad; wicked; evil	bamboo	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	good; well; be fond of	bamboo shoot
trad. (歹竹出好筍)		歹	竹	出	好	筍
simp. (歹竹出好笋)		歹	竹	出	好	笋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎi zhú chū hǎo sǔn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄔㄨ ㄏㄠˇ ㄙㄨㄣˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phái tek chhut hó sún / phái tiak chhut hó sún / pháiⁿ tek chhut hó sún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎi zhú chū hǎo sǔn [Phonetic: dǎizhúchūháosǔn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄔㄨ ㄏㄠˇ ㄙㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎi jhú chu hǎo sǔn
    • Wade–Giles: tai³ chu² chʻu¹ hao³ sun³
    • Yale: dǎi jú chū hǎu swǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dae jwu chu hao soen
    • Palladius: дай чжу чу хао сунь (daj čžu ču xao sunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái tek chhut hó sún
    • Tâi-lô: phái tik tshut hó sún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phae deg zhud hoir suon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³² t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³² t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái tiak chhut hó sún
    • Tâi-lô: phái tiak tshut hó sún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phae diag zhud hoir suon
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵ t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sun⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháiⁿ tek chhut hó sún
    • Tâi-lô: pháinn tik tshut hó sún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvae deg zhud hoir suon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³² t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³² t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun⁵³/

Proverb

歹竹出好筍

1. (Taiwan, southern Fujian, originally Hokkien, figurative) an exceptional child is born from lowly parents