白手成家

Chinese

		with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing; from scratch	to get married; to become an expert
simp. and trad. (白手成家)		白手	成家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báishǒuchéngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sau² sing⁴ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báishǒuchéngjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báishǒuchéngjia
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shou³-chʻêng²-chia¹
    • Yale: bái-shǒu-chéng-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshooucherngjia
    • Palladius: байшоучэнцзя (bajšoučɛnczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ sau² sing⁴ gaa¹
    • Yale: baahk sáu sìhng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sau² sing⁴ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ seo² xing⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ kaː⁵⁵/

Idiom

白手成家

1. to build up from nothing; to start from scratch

Synonyms

• 白手起家 (báishǒuqǐjiā)