萬事起頭難

See also: 万事起头难

Chinese

		all; everything	to take the lead; to show initiative; to be the first to take the lead; to show initiative; to be the first; to set an example	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (萬事起頭難)		萬事	起頭	難
simp. (万事起头难)		万事	起头	难

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànshì qǐtóu nán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ si⁶ hei² tau⁴ naan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): van-sṳ hí-thèu nàn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): van⁴ si⁴ hi³ têu² nan²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-sū khí-thâu lân / bān-sīr khí-thâu lân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànshì qǐtóu nán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànshìh cǐtóu nán
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-shih⁴ chʻi³-tʻou² nan²
    • Yale: wàn-shr̀ chǐ-tóu nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshyh chiitour nan
    • Palladius: ваньши цитоу нань (vanʹši citou nanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ si⁶ hei² tau⁴ naan⁴
    • Yale: maahn sih héi tàuh nàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ si⁶ hei² tau⁴ naan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ xi⁶ héi² teo⁴ nan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² siː²² hei̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ naːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-sṳ hí-thèu nàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: van sii hi` teuˇ nanˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ si⁴ hi³ teu² nan²
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵ hi³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ nan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: van⁴ si⁴ hi³ têu² nan²
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hi³¹ tʰeu¹¹ nan¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sū khí-thâu lân
    • Tâi-lô: bān-sū khí-thâu lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsu qy'taau laan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ su³³ kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ lan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ su³³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ su²² kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ su²² kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³⁻²² lan¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sīr khí-thâu lân
    • Tâi-lô: bān-sīr khí-thâu lân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁴¹ kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/

Proverb

萬事起頭難

1. getting started is always the hardest part

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	事	起	頭	難

Proverb

萬事起頭難

1. chữ Hán form of vạn sự khởi đầu nan (“getting started is always the hardest part”).