物盡其用

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	to use
trad. (物盡其用)		物	盡	其	用
simp. (物尽其用)		物	尽	其	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùjìnqíyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ zeon⁶ kei⁴ jung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-chīn-kî-iōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùjìnqíyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùjìncíyòng
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-chin⁴-chʻi²-yung⁴
    • Yale: wù-jìn-chí-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhjinnchyiyonq
    • Palladius: уцзиньциюн (uczinʹcijun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ zeon⁶ kei⁴ jung⁶
    • Yale: maht jeuhn kèih yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ dzoen⁶ kei⁴ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ zên⁶ kéi⁴ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² t͡sɵn²² kʰei̯²¹ jʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-chīn-kî-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: bu̍t-tsīn-kî-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: budcixnki'iong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡sin²²⁻²¹ ki²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² ki²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ ki¹³⁻²² iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡sin³³⁻²¹ ki²³⁻³³ iɔŋ³³/

Idiom

物盡其用

1. to fully utilize something; to use something to the full