聽君一席話,勝讀十年書
Chinese
editlet; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey |
monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler |
a bit of a conversation | victorious; able to do; competent enough to | to read; to study; comma to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause |
ten years; decade | book; letter | |||
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trad. (聽君一席話,勝讀十年書) | 聽 | 君 | 一席話 | , | 勝 | 讀 | 十年 | 書 | |
simp. (听君一席话,胜读十年书) | 听 | 君 | 一席话 | , | 胜 | 读 | 十年 | 书 |
Etymology
editAttested in Zengguang Xianwen (增廣賢文) in a similar form.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ , ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ting jyun yisíhuà, shèng dú shíhnián shu
- Wade–Giles: tʻing1 chün1 i1-hsi2-hua4, shêng4 tu2 shih2-nien2 shu1
- Yale: tīng jyūn yī-syí-hwà-, shèng dú shŕ-nyán shū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ting jiun ishyihuah, shenq dwu shyrnian shu
- Palladius: тин цзюнь исихуа, шэн ду шинянь шу (tin czjunʹ isixua, šɛn du šinjanʹ šu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tu³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ting3 gwan1 jat1 zik6 waa6, sing3 duk6 sap6 nin4 syu1
- Yale: ting gwān yāt jihk wah, sing duhk sahp nìhn syū
- Cantonese Pinyin: ting3 gwan1 jat7 dzik9 waa6, sing3 duk9 sap9 nin4 sy1
- Guangdong Romanization: ting3 guen1 yed1 jig6 wa6, xing3 dug6 seb6 nin4 xu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɪŋ³³ kʷɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚² waː²² sɪŋ³³ tʊk̚² sɐp̚² niːn²¹ syː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
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