得寸進尺

See also: 得寸进尺

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	a unit of length	advance; enter; to come in	a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale
trad. (得寸進尺)		得	寸	進	尺
simp. (得寸进尺)		得	寸	进	尺
Literally: “to gain an inch and advance a foot”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): décùnjìnchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ cyun³ zeon³ cek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-chhùn-chìn-chhioh / tit-chhùn-chìn-chhioh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: décùnjìnchǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: décùnjìnchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-tsʻun⁴-chin⁴-chʻih³
    • Yale: dé-tswùn-jìn-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dertsuennjinnchyy
    • Palladius: дэцуньцзиньчи (dɛcunʹczinʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ cyun³ zeon³ cek³
    • Yale: dāk chyun jeun chek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ tsyn³ dzoen³ tsek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ qun³ zên³ cég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sɵn³³ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-chhùn-chìn-chhioh
    • Tâi-lô: tik-tshùn-tsìn-tshioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekzhuoncienchioiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tit-chhùn-chìn-chhioh
    • Tâi-lô: tit-tshùn-tsìn-tshioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ditzhuoncienchioiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 得寸進尺

1. to be extremely greedy