起早貪黑

Chinese

		to wake up early; early morning
trad. (起早貪黑)		起早	貪黑
simp. (起早贪黑)		起早	贪黑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐzǎotānhēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ ㄊㄢ ㄏㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² zou² taam¹ hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐzǎotānhēi [Phonetic: qízǎotānhēi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ ㄊㄢ ㄏㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐzǎotanhei
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tsao³-tʻan¹-hei¹
    • Yale: chǐ-dzǎu-tān-hēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitzaotanhei
    • Palladius: цицзаотаньхэй (ciczaotanʹxɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² zou² taam¹ hak¹
    • Yale: héi jóu tāam hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² dzou² taam¹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² zou² tam¹ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵ tʰaːm⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

起早貪黑

1. to work from dawn to dusk