升官發財

Chinese

		to promote; to exalt; to upgrade	to make a fortune; to work; to make a living
trad. (升官發財)		升官	發財
simp. (升官发财)		升官	发财

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngguānfācái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄈㄚ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ gun¹ faat³ coi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngguānfācái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄈㄚ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengguanfacái
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-kuan¹-fa¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: shēng-gwān-fā-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengguanfatsair
    • Palladius: шэнгуаньфацай (šɛnguanʹfacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ gun¹ faat³ coi⁴
    • Yale: sīng gūn faat chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ gun¹ faat⁸ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ gun¹ fad³ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Idiom

升官發財

1. to be promoted to a higher position as an official and make a fortune