遲嚟先上岸

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	(Cantonese) to come	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to go ashore; to make it, to land
trad. (遲嚟先上岸)		遲	嚟	先	上岸
simp. (迟嚟先上岸)		迟	嚟	先	上岸
Literally: “those who arrive late make it first”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ lei⁴ sin¹ soeng⁵ ngon⁶ / ci⁴ lai⁴ sin¹ soeng⁵ ngon⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ lei⁴ sin¹ soeng⁵ ngon⁶ / ci⁴ lai⁴ sin¹ soeng⁵ ngon⁶
    • Yale: chìh lèih sīn séuhng ngohn / chìh làih sīn séuhng ngohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ lei⁴ sin¹ soeng⁵ ngon⁶ / tsi⁴ lai⁴ sin¹ soeng⁵ ngon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ léi⁴ xin¹ sêng⁵ ngon⁶ / qi⁴ lei⁴ xin¹ sêng⁵ ngon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ lei̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³ ŋɔːn²²/, /t͡sʰiː²¹ lɐi̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³ ŋɔːn²²/

Proverb

遲嚟先上岸

1. (Cantonese) last come first served