歹竹出好筍

Chinese

		bad; wicked; evil	bamboo	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	good; well; be fond of	bamboo shoot
trad. (歹竹出好筍)		歹	竹	出	好	筍
simp. (歹竹出好笋)		歹	竹	出	好	笋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎi zhú chū hǎo sǔn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄏㄠˇ ㄙㄨㄣˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phái tek chhut hó sún / phái tiak chhut hó sún / pháiⁿ tek chhut hó sún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎi zhú chū hǎo sǔn [Phonetic: dǎizhúchūháosǔn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄏㄠˇ ㄙㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎi jhú chu hǎo sǔn
  - Wade–Giles: tai³ chu² chʻu¹ hao³ sun³
  - Yale: dǎi jú chū hǎu swǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dae jwu chu hao soen
  - Palladius: дай чжу чу хао сунь (daj čžu ču xao sunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái tek chhut hó sún
  - Tâi-lô: phái tik tshut hó sún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phae deg zhud hoir suon
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³² t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³² t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái tiak chhut hó sún
  - Tâi-lô: phái tiak tshut hó sún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phae diag zhud hoir suon
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵ t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháiⁿ tek chhut hó sún
  - Tâi-lô: pháinn tik tshut hó sún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvae deg zhud hoir suon
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³² t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚³² t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun⁵³/

Proverb

歹竹出好筍

(Taiwan, southern Fujian, originally Hokkien, figurative) an exceptional child is born from lowly parents