一刻千金

Chinese

		short time; moment; fifteen minutes short time; moment; fifteen minutes; quarter of an hour	large amount of money; riches; daughter
simp. and trad. (一刻千金)		一刻	千金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīkèqiānjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ hak¹ cin¹ gam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-khek-chhian-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīkèqiānjīn [Phonetic: yíkèqiānjīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yikècianjin
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-kʻo⁴-chʻien¹-chin¹
    • Yale: yī-kè-chyān-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ikehchianjin
    • Palladius: икэцяньцзинь (ikɛcjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ hak¹ cin¹ gam¹
    • Yale: yāt hāk chīn gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ hak⁷ tsin¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ heg¹ qin¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-khek-chhian-kim
    • Tâi-lô: it-khik-tshian-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itqekchienkym
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kim⁴⁴/

Idiom

一刻千金

1. every minute is precious

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	刻	千	金
いち > いっ Grade: 1	こく Grade: 6	せん Grade: 1	きん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ik̚ko̞kɯ̟sẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]
• (Tokyo) いっこくせんきん [ìkkókúséńkíń] (Heiban – [0])

Proverb

一(いっ)刻(こく)千(せん)金(きん) • (ikkokusenkin) 

1. each moment is precious because time passes quickly

References

• “一刻千金”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026