千萬買鄰

Chinese

		ten million; tens of millions of
trad. (千萬買鄰/千萬買隣)		千萬	買鄰/買隣
simp. (千万买邻)		千万	买邻
Literally: “to buy a neighbour for ten million”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānwànmǎilín

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ maan⁶ maai⁵ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānwànmǎilín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianwànmǎilín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-wan⁴-mai³-lin²
    • Yale: chyān-wàn-mǎi-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianwannmaelin
    • Palladius: цяньваньмайлинь (cjanʹvanʹmajlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ maan⁶ maai⁵ leon⁴
    • Yale: chīn maahn máaih lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ maan⁶ maai⁵ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ man⁶ mai⁵ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ maːn²² maːi̯¹³ lɵn²¹/

Idiom

千萬買鄰

1. good neighbours are hard to find

Related terms

• 千金買厝，萬金買厝邊／千金买厝，万金买厝边