一事無成

See also: 一事无成

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	to not accomplish; to not achieve; to be without success
trad. (一事無成)		一	事	無成
simp. (一事无成)		一	事	无成

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīshìwúchéng [Phonetic: yíshìwúchéng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yishìhwúchéng
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-shih⁴-wu²-chʻêng²
  - Yale: yī-shr̀-wú-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyhwucherng
  - Palladius: ишиучэн (išiučɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴
  - Yale: yāt sih mòuh sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁶ mou⁴ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi⁶ mou⁴ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²² mou̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` sii vuˇ siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ si⁴ vu² sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ-vù-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` sii vuˇ siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ si⁴ vu² sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² sɨ⁵⁵ vu¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêg⁸ se⁷ bho⁵ sêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k sṳ̄ bô sêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² sɯ¹¹ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/