一刻千金

Chinese

		short time; moment; fifteen minutes short time; moment; fifteen minutes; quarter of an hour	a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches; daughter
simp. and trad. (一刻千金)		一刻	千金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīkèqiānjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ hak¹ cin¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīkèqiānjīn [Phonetic: yíkèqiānjīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yikècianjin
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-kʻo⁴-chʻien¹-chin¹
    • Yale: yī-kè-chyān-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ikehchianjin
    • Palladius: икэцяньцзинь (ikɛcjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ hak¹ cin¹ gam¹
    • Yale: yāt hāk chīn gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ hak⁷ tsin¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ heg¹ qin¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

一刻千金

1. every minute is precious

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	刻	千	金
いち > いっ Grade: 1	こく Grade: 6	せん Grade: 1	きん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proverb

一(いっ)刻(こく)千(せん)金(きん) • (ikkokusenkin) 

1. each moment is precious because time passes quickly