功夫不負有心人

Chinese

		time; efforts		observant and conscientious person; resolute person; person who sets their mind on doing something
trad. (功夫不負有心人)		功夫	不負	有心人
simp. (功夫不负有心人)		功夫	不负	有心人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngfu bùfù yǒuxīnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngfu bùfù yǒuxīnrén [Phonetic: gōngfu búfù yǒuxīnrén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongfů bùfù yǒusinrén
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-fu⁵ pu⁴-fu⁴ yu³-hsin¹-jên²
    • Yale: gūng-fu bù-fù yǒu-syīn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong.fu bufuh yeoushinren
    • Palladius: гунфу буфу юсиньжэнь (gunfu bufu jusinʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu² pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fu⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Proverb

功夫不負有心人

1. effort pays off