千金難買少年窮

Chinese

		a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches; daughter	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	buy	early youth; juvenile; youngster	exhausted; poor
trad. (千金難買少年窮)		千金	難	買	少年	窮
simp. (千金难买少年穷)		千金	难	买	少年	穷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānjīn nán mǎi shàonián qióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gam¹ naan⁴ maai⁵ siu³ nin⁴ kung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānjīn nán mǎi shàonián qióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianjin nán mǎi shàonián cyóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chin¹ nan² mai³ shao⁴-nien² chʻiung²
    • Yale: chyān-jīn nán mǎi shàu-nyán chyúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjin nan mae shawnian chyong
    • Palladius: цяньцзинь нань май шаонянь цюн (cjanʹczinʹ nanʹ maj šaonjanʹ cjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ nän³⁵ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ gam¹ naan⁴ maai⁵ siu³ nin⁴ kung⁴
    • Yale: chīn gām nàahn máaih siu nìhn kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gam¹ naan⁴ maai⁵ siu³ nin⁴ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ gem¹ nan⁴ mai⁵ xiu³ nin⁴ kung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ naːn²¹ maːi̯¹³ siːu̯³³ niːn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Proverb

千金難買少年窮

1. Living with hardship and poverty in one's early youth is a precious experience

Synonyms

• 千金難買少年貧／千金难买少年贫