五窮六絕七翻身

Chinese

		five	exhausted; poor	six	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	seven	to turn over; to double over; to turn around
trad. (五窮六絕七翻身)		五	窮	六	絕	七	翻身
simp. (五穷六绝七翻身)		五	穷	六	绝	七	翻身

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ kung⁴ luk⁶ zyut⁶ cat¹ faan¹ san¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ kung⁴ luk⁶ zyut⁶ cat¹ faan¹ san¹
    • Yale: ńgh kùhng luhk jyuht chāt fāan sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ kung⁴ luk⁹ dzyt⁹ tsat⁷ faan¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ kung⁴ lug⁶ jud⁶ ced¹ fan¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ kʰʊŋ²¹ lʊk̚² t͡syːt̚² t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ faːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Proverb

五窮六絕七翻身

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) the stock market falls in May, reaches the bottom in June, and rebounds in July