寸土寸金
Chinese
edita unit of length | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
a unit of length | metal; gold; money | ||
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simp. and trad. (寸土寸金) |
寸 | 土 | 寸 | 金 |
Pronunciation
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- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cùntǔcùnjin
- Wade–Giles: tsʻun4-tʻu3-tsʻun4-chin1
- Yale: tswùn-tǔ-tswùn-jīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenntuutsuennjin
- Palladius: цуньтуцуньцзинь (cunʹtucunʹczinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cyun3 tou2 cyun3 gam1
- Yale: chyun tóu chyun gām
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn3 tou2 tsyn3 gam1
- Guangdong Romanization: qun3 tou2 qun3 gem1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³ kɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
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