事倍功半

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	(two, three, etc.) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double (two, three, etc.) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (事倍功半)		事	倍	功	半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìbèi-gōngbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ pui⁵ gung¹ bun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-pōe-kong-pòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìbèi-gōngbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbèigongbàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-pei⁴-kung¹-pan⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-bèi-gūng-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbeygongbann
    • Palladius: шибэйгунбань (šibɛjgunbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ pui⁵ gung¹ bun³
    • Yale: sih púih gūng bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ pui⁵ gung¹ bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ pui⁵ gung¹ bun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² pʰuːi̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ puːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-pōe-kong-pòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sū-puē-kong-puànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxpoexkongpvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ pue²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻²² pue⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³ puã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ pue²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ pue³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ puã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ pue³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ puã²¹/

Idiom

事倍功半

1. to get half the result with twice the effort

Antonyms

• 事半功倍 (shìbàn-gōngbèi)