分秒必爭

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	(a measure word); second	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	struggle; fight
trad. (分秒必爭)		分	秒	必	爭
simp. (分秒必争)		分	秒	必	争

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnmiǎobìzhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ miu⁵ bit¹ zang¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hun-biáu-pit-cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ miao² big⁴ zên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnmiǎobìzhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fenmiǎobìjheng
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-miao³-pi⁴-chêng¹
    • Yale: fēn-myǎu-bì-jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenmeaubihjeng
    • Palladius: фэньмяобичжэн (fɛnʹmjaobičžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ miu⁵ bit¹ zang¹
    • Yale: fān míuh bīt jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ miu⁵ bit⁷ dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ miu⁵ bid¹ zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ miːu̯¹³ piːt̚⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-biáu-pit-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: hun-biáu-pit-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunbiaw'pitzefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² biau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hung¹ miao² big⁴ zên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung miáu pik tseⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²³ miau⁵²⁻³⁵ pik̚²⁻⁴ t͡sẽ³³/

Idiom

分秒必爭

1. to grasp every minute; to make full use of one's time

Synonyms

• 爭分奪秒／争分夺秒 (zhēngfēnduómiǎo)