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 | ||
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simp. and trad. (一字千金) |
一 | 字 | 千 | 金 | |
Literally: “one character (is worth) one thousand (pieces of) gold”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 一字千金
Categories:
- Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Chinese idioms
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- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 一
- Chinese terms spelled with 字
- Chinese terms spelled with 千
- Chinese terms spelled with 金