捷足先登
Chinese
victory; triumph; quick victory; triumph; quick; prompt; rapid |
foot; to be sufficient | early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record | ||
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simp. and trad. (捷足先登) |
捷 | 足 | 先 | 登 | |
Literally: “the quick of foot will be the first to ascend”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zit3 zuk1 sin1 dang1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍p-chiok-sian-teng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiézúsiandeng
- Wade–Giles: chieh2-tsu2-hsien1-têng1
- Yale: jyé-dzú-syān-dēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyetzwushiandeng
- Palladius: цзецзусяньдэн (czeczusjanʹdɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡su³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zit3 zuk1 sin1 dang1
- Yale: jit jūk sīn dāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzit8 dzuk7 sin1 dang1
- Guangdong Romanization: jid3 zug1 xin1 deng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍p-chiok-sian-teng
- Tâi-lô: tsia̍p-tsiok-sian-ting
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciabcioksiendefng
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siap̚²⁴⁻² t͡siɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn³³ tiɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡siap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 捷足先登
- to take the first step; to act early on; the early bird gets the worm