一字千金

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	thousand	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (一字千金)		一	字	千	金
Literally: “one character (is worth) one thousand (pieces of) gold”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzìqiānjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zi⁶ cin¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzìqiānjīn [Phonetic: yízìqiānjīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yizìhcianjin
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tzŭ⁴-chʻien¹-chin¹
    • Yale: yī-dz̀-chyān-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itzyhchianjin
    • Palladius: ицзыцяньцзинь (iczycjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zi⁶ cin¹ gam¹
    • Yale: yāt jih chīn gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzi⁶ tsin¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ji⁶ qin¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 一字千金

1. extraordinary writing; uncommonly good writing