十賭九輸

Chinese

		ten	bet; gamble	nine	to transport; to lose
trad. (十賭九輸)		十	賭	九	輸
simp. (十赌九输)		十	赌	九	输
Literally: “when gambling, nine times out of ten you lose”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shídǔjiǔshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄉㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ dou² gau² syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shídǔjiǔshū [Phonetic: shídújiǔshū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄉㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhdǔjiǒushu
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-tu³-chiu³-shu¹
    • Yale: shŕ-dǔ-jyǒu-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrduujeoushu
    • Palladius: шидуцзюшу (šiduczjušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ tu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ dou² gau² syu¹
    • Yale: sahp dóu gáu syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ dou² gau² sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ dou² geo² xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² tou̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/

Idiom

十賭九輸

1. (figurative) gambling is a scam