一事無成

See also: 一事无成

Chinese

		related; belonging to the same organization	to not accomplish; to not achieve; to be without success
trad. (一事無成)		一事	無成
simp. (一事无成)		一事	无成

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshìwúchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ se⁷ bho⁵ sêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshìwúchéng [Phonetic: yíshìwúchéng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishìhwúchéng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih⁴-wu²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: yī-shr̀-wú-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyhwucherng
    • Palladius: ишиучэн (išiučɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: yāt sih mòuh sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi⁶ mou⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²² mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` sii vuˇ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid<sup>5</sup> si<sup>4</sup> vu<sup>2</sup> sin<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` sii vuˇ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ si⁴ vu² sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁸ se⁷ bho⁵ sêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k sṳ̄ bô sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² sɯ¹¹ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

一事無成

1. to be unable to achieve anything; to be a total failure