一山不容二虎

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	mountain; hill	to not allow; to not tolerate; to not brook to not allow; to not tolerate; to not brook; to not accommodate; to not welcome	two	tiger
trad. (一山不容二虎)		一	山	不容	二	虎
simp. #(一山不容二虎)		一	山	不容	二	虎
Literally: “One mountain cannot contain two tigers.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī shān bùróng èr hǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ saan¹ bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yī shān bùróng èr hǔ [Phonetic: yì shān bùróng èr hǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄦˋ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi shan bùróng èr hǔ
    • Wade–Giles: i¹ shan¹ pu⁴-jung² êrh⁴ hu³
    • Yale: yī shān bù-rúng èr hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i shan burong ell huu
    • Palladius: и шань бужун эр ху (i šanʹ bužun er xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ saan¹ bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ fu²
    • Yale: yāt sāan bāt yùhng yih fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ saan¹ bat⁷ jung⁴ ji⁶ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ san¹ bed¹ yung⁴ yi⁶ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ saːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹ jiː²² fuː³⁵/

Proverb

1. There can only be one alpha male.
2. This town isn't big enough for the two of us. / This town ain't big enough for both of us.

See also

• เสือสองตัวอยู่ถ้ำเดียวกันไม่ได้ (sʉ̌ʉa sɔ̌ɔng dtuua yùu tâm diao-gan mâi-dâi)