一雞死一雞鳴

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	fowl; chicken	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	fowl; chicken	to cry (of birds)
trad. (一雞死一雞鳴/一鷄死一鷄鳴)		一	雞/鷄	死	一	雞/鷄	鳴
simp. (一鸡死一鸡鸣)		一	鸡	死	一	鸡	鸣
Literally: “When a cock dies, another crows”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gai¹ sei² jat¹ gai¹ ming⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ gai¹ sei² jat¹ gai¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: yāt gāi séi yāt gāi mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gai¹ sei² jat⁷ gai¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ gei¹ séi² yed¹ gei¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Proverb

一雞死一雞鳴

1. (Cantonese) when an entity (e.g. a business) falls, another will take its place