一日一蘋果，醫生遠離我

Chinese

		one day; another day in the future	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	apple		doctor; physician and surgeon; medical practitioner	to be far from; to keep away from; to stay out of	I; me
trad. (一日一蘋果，醫生遠離我)		一日	一	蘋果	，	醫生	遠離	我
simp. (一日一苹果，医生远离我)		一日	一	苹果	，	医生	远离	我

Etymology

Calque of English an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīrì yī píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ , ㄧ ㄕㄥ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jat⁶ jat¹ ping⁴ gwo², ji¹ sang¹ jyun⁵ lei⁴ ngo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīrì yī píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ [Phonetic: yírì yì píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ , ㄧ ㄕㄥ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yirìh yi píngguǒ, yisheng yuǎnlí wǒ
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-jih⁴ i¹ pʻing²-kuo³, i¹-shêng¹ yüan³-li² wo³
    • Yale: yī-r̀ yī píng-gwǒ-, yī-shēng ywǎn-lí wǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iryh i pyngguoo, isheng yeuanli woo
    • Palladius: ижи и пинго, ишэн юаньли во (iži i pingo, išɛn juanʹli vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jat⁶ jat¹ ping⁴ gwo², ji¹ sang¹ jyun⁵ lei⁴ ngo⁵
    • Yale: yāt yaht yāt pìhng gwó, yī sāng yúhn lèih ngóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jat⁹ jat⁷ ping⁴ gwo², ji¹ sang¹ jyn⁵ lei⁴ ngo⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yed⁶ yed¹ ping⁴ guo², yi¹ seng¹ yun⁵ léi⁴ ngo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² jɐt̚⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹ kʷɔː³⁵ jiː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ jyːn¹³ lei̯²¹ ŋɔː¹³/

Proverb

一日一蘋果，醫生遠離我

1. an apple a day keeps the doctor away

Synonyms

• 每日一蘋果，醫生遠離我／每日一苹果，医生远离我 (měirì yī píngguǒ, yīshēng yuǎnlí wǒ)