好事成雙

Chinese

		good thing; happy event; joyous occasion	to come as a pair; to become a pair
trad. (好事成雙)		好事	成雙
simp. (好事成双)		好事	成双

(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "好事成双".)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoshì chéngshuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² si⁶ sing⁴ soeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoshì chéngshuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoshìh chéngshuang
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-shih⁴ chʻêng²-shuang¹
    • Yale: hǎu-shr̀ chéng-shwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshyh cherngshuang
    • Palladius: хаоши чэншуан (xaoši čɛnšuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² si⁶ sing⁴ soeng¹
    • Yale: hóu sih sìhng sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² si⁶ sing⁴ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² xi⁶ xing⁴ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ siː²² sɪŋ²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

好事成雙

1. good things come in pairs