一擲千金

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	toss	a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches; daughter
trad. (一擲千金)		一	擲	千金
simp. (一掷千金)		一	掷	千金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzhìqiānjīn, yīzhíqiānjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄓˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ, ㄧ ㄓˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zaak⁶ cin¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhìqiānjīn [Phonetic: yízhìqiānjīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhìhcianjin
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chih⁴-chʻien¹-chin¹
    • Yale: yī-jr̀-chyān-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijyhchianjin
    • Palladius: ичжицяньцзинь (ičžicjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhíqiānjīn [Phonetic: yìzhíqiānjīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhíhcianjin
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chih²-chʻien¹-chin¹
    • Yale: yī-jŕ-chyān-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijyrchianjin
    • Palladius: ичжицяньцзинь (ičžicjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zaak⁶ cin¹ gam¹
    • Yale: yāt jaahk chīn gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzaak⁹ tsin¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ zag⁶ qin¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 一擲千金

1. to spend money like water; to be extravagant