一盞茶工夫

See also: 一盏茶工夫

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	M for lamp	tea; tea plant	time and effort taken to perform a task; work
trad. (一盞茶工夫)		一	盞	茶	工夫
simp. (一盏茶工夫)		一	盏	茶	工夫
Literally: “a cup of tea's worth of time”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzhǎn chá gōngfu, yīzhǎn chá gōngfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄓㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄧ ㄓㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zaan² caa⁴ gung¹ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhǎn chá gōngfu [Phonetic: yìzhǎn chá gōngfu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhǎn chá gongfů
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chan³ chʻa² kung¹-fu⁵
    • Yale: yī-jǎn chá gūng-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijaan char gong.fu
    • Palladius: ичжань ча гунфу (ičžanʹ ča gunfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhǎn chá gōngfū [Phonetic: yìzhǎn chá gōngfū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhǎn chá gongfu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chan³ chʻa² kung¹-fu¹
    • Yale: yī-jǎn chá gūng-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijaan char gongfu
    • Palladius: ичжань ча гунфу (ičžanʹ ča gunfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zaan² caa⁴ gung¹ fu¹
    • Yale: yāt jáan chàh gūng fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzaan² tsaa⁴ gung¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ zan² ca⁴ gung¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡saːn³⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Idiom

一盞茶工夫

1. within a short period of time