天下沒有白吃的午餐

See also: 天下没有白吃的午餐

Chinese

		under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	to not have; to have no; to not be to not have; to have no; to not be; there is no; there isn't any; there are no; there aren't any	to eat without paying; to eat for free	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	lunch
trad. (天下沒有白吃的午餐)		天下	沒有	白吃	的	午餐
simp. (天下没有白吃的午餐)		天下	没有	白吃	的	午餐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxià méiyǒu báichī de wǔcān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄨˇ ㄘㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ haa⁶ mut⁶ jau⁵ baak⁶ hek³ dik¹ ng⁵ caan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxià méiyǒu báichī de wǔcān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄨˇ ㄘㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansià méiyǒu báichih de̊ wǔcan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsia⁴ mei²-yu³ pai²-chʻih¹ tê⁵ wu³-tsʻan¹
    • Yale: tyān-syà méi-yǒu bái-chr̄ de wǔ-tsān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshiah meiyeou bairchy .de wuutsan
    • Palladius: тянься мэйю байчи дэ уцань (tjanʹsja mɛjju bajči dɛ ucanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ d̥ə² u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ haa⁶ mut⁶ jau⁵ baak⁶ hek³ dik¹ ng⁵ caan¹
    • Yale: tīn hah muht yáuh baahk hek dīk ńgh chāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ haa⁶ mut⁹ jau⁵ baak⁹ hek⁸ dik⁷ ng⁵ tsaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ha⁶ mud⁶ yeo⁵ bag⁶ hég³ dig¹ ng⁵ can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² muːt̚² jɐu̯¹³ paːk̚² hɛːk̚³ tɪk̚⁵ ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/

Proverb

天下沒有白吃的午餐

1. there's no such thing as a free lunch