宵衣旰食

Chinese

		night	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	sunset; evening	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (宵衣旰食)		宵	衣	旰	食
simp. #(宵衣旰食)		宵	衣	旰	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoyīgànshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄧ ㄍㄢˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ ji¹ gon³ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoyīgànshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄧ ㄍㄢˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaoyigànshíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-i¹-kan⁴-shih²
    • Yale: syāu-yī-gàn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiauigannshyr
    • Palladius: сяоиганьши (sjaoiganʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵ kän⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ ji¹ gon³ sik⁶
    • Yale: sīu yī gon sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ ji¹ gon³ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ yi¹ gon³ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵ kɔːn³³ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 宵衣旰食

1. Very hard-working.