不怕慢，只怕站

Chinese

		not; no	to be afraid; to fear	slow		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	to be afraid; to fear	station; to stand; to halt station; to stand; to halt; to stop
trad. (不怕慢，只怕站)		不	怕	慢	，	只	怕	站
simp. #(不怕慢，只怕站)		不	怕	慢	，	只	怕	站

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù pà màn, zhǐ pà zhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄇㄢˋ , ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ paa³ maan⁶, zi² paa³ zaam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù pà màn, zhǐ pà zhàn [Phonetic: bú pà màn, zhǐ pà zhàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄇㄢˋ , ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù pà màn, jhǐh pà jhàn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴ pʻa⁴ man⁴, chih³ pʻa⁴ chan⁴
    • Yale: bù pà màn-, jř pà jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu pah mann, jyy pah jann
    • Palladius: бу па мань, чжи па чжань (bu pa manʹ, čži pa čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ paa³ maan⁶, zi² paa³ zaam⁶
    • Yale: bāt pa maahn, jí pa jaahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ paa³ maan⁶, dzi² paa³ dzaam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ pa³ man⁶, ji² pa³ zam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³ maːn²² t͡siː³⁵ pʰaː³³ t͡saːm²²/

Proverb

不怕慢，只怕站

1. it's better to move ahead slowly than just to mark time; any movement is better than none; slow and steady wins the race

Synonyms

• 不怕慢，就怕站 (bù pà màn, jiù pà zhàn)