要想富先修路

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	rich; abundant; to enrich rich; abundant; to enrich; resource	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	road; path; way
trad. (要想富先修路)		要	想	富	先	修	路
simp. #(要想富先修路)		要	想	富	先	修	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāo xiǎng fù xiān xiū lù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāo xiǎng fù xiān xiū lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yao siǎng fù sian siou lù
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹ hsiang³ fu⁴ hsien¹ hsiu¹ lu⁴
    • Yale: yāu syǎng fù syān syōu lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau sheang fuh shian shiou luh
    • Palladius: яо сян фу сянь сю лу (jao sjan fu sjanʹ sju lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/

Proverb

要想富先修路

1. If you want to get rich, build a road (lit.: want to get rich, first build/repair road)