此消彼長

Chinese

		this; these	consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	that; those; (one) another)	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (此消彼長)		此	消	彼	長
simp. (此消彼长)		此	消	彼	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǐxiāobǐzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² siu¹ bei² zoeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǐxiāobǐzhǎng [Phonetic: cǐxiāobízhǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐhsiaobǐjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ³-hsiao¹-pi³-chang³
    • Yale: tsž-syāu-bǐ-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyyshiaubiijaang
    • Palladius: цысяобичжан (cysjaobičžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² siu¹ bei² zoeng²
    • Yale: chí sīu béi jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² siu¹ bei² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² xiu¹ béi² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

此消彼長

1. something declines while something else rises