一石二鳥

See also: 一石二鸟

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	rock; stone; 10 pecks	two	bird
trad. (一石二鳥)		一	石	二	鳥
simp. (一石二鸟)		一	石	二	鸟
Literally: “one stone, two birds”.

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 一(いっ)石(せき)二(に)鳥(ちょう) (isseki nichō); itself a calque of English kill two birds with one stone.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshí'èrniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sek⁶ ji⁶ niu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-se̍k-jī-niáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshí'èrniǎo [Phonetic: yìshí'èrniǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishíh-èrniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²-êrh⁴-niao³
    • Yale: yī-shŕ-èr-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrellneau
    • Palladius: ишиэрняо (išiernjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sek⁶ ji⁶ niu⁵
    • Yale: yāt sehk yih níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sek⁹ ji⁶ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ség⁶ yi⁶ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɛːk̚² jiː²² niːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-se̍k-jī-niáu
    • Tâi-lô: it-si̍k-jī-niáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itsegjixniao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚⁴⁻³² zi³³⁻²¹ niãu⁴¹/

Idiom

一石二鳥

1. to kill two birds with one stone; to do one task and finish two or more goals

Synonyms

• 一箭雙鵰／一箭双雕 (yījiànshuāngdiāo)
• 一舉兩得／一举两得 (yījǔliǎngdé)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	石	二	鳥
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	せき Grade: 1	に Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Calque of English kill two birds with one stone.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっせきにちょー [ìssékí níchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) いっせきにちょー [ìssékí níꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [isːe̞kʲi ɲ̟it͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)石(せき)二(に)鳥(ちょう) • (isseki nichō) 

1. kill two birds with one stone, do one task and finish two or more goals (literally, “one stone, two birds”)

Synonyms

• 一挙両得(いっきょりょうとく) (ikkyo ryōtoku): literally, “one effort, double gain”

Descendants

• → Chinese: 一石二鳥／一石二鸟 (yīshí'èrniǎo)
• → Korean: 일석이조(一石二鳥) (ilseogijo)