勤能補拙

Chinese

		diligent; frequent	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my
trad. (勤能補拙)		勤	能	補	拙
simp. (勤能补拙)		勤	能	补	拙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qínnéngbǔzhuō, qínnéngbǔzhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛ, ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kan⁴ nang⁴ bou² zyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qínnéngbǔzhuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cínnéngbǔjhuo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²-nêng²-pu³-cho¹
    • Yale: chín-néng-bǔ-jwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynnengbuujuo
    • Palladius: циньнэнбучжо (cinʹnɛnbučžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qínnéngbǔzhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cínnéngbǔjhuó
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²-nêng²-pu³-cho²
    • Yale: chín-néng-bǔ-jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynnengbuujwo
    • Palladius: циньнэнбучжо (cinʹnɛnbučžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kan⁴ nang⁴ bou² zyut⁶
    • Yale: kàhn nàhng bóu jyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kan⁴ nang⁴ bou² dzyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ken⁴ neng⁴ bou² jud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐn²¹ nɐŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ t͡syːt̚²/

Idiom

勤能補拙

1. diligence makes up for one's dullness