第一桶金

Chinese

FWOTD – 18 November 2021

		first; 1st; number one first; 1st; number one; #1; first	pail; bucket; bin pail; bucket; bin; barrel	metal; gold; money
trad. (第一桶金)		第一	桶	金
simp. #(第一桶金)		第一	桶	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dì-yī tǒng jīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ jat¹ tung² gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dì-yī tǒng jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìyi tǒng jin
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-i¹ tʻung³ chin¹
    • Yale: dì-yī tǔng jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihi toong jin
    • Palladius: дии тун цзинь (dii tun czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ i⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ jat¹ tung² gam¹
    • Yale: daih yāt túng gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ jat⁷ tung² gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ yed¹ tung² gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²² jɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

第一桶金

1. the first pot of gold; the initial profits from an economic endeavor

   賺第一桶金／赚第一桶金  ―  zhuàn dì-yī tǒng jīn  ―  to earn initial profits from an economic endeavor

   • 在市場經濟初期（馬克思所說的原始積累時期），許多企業家是在合法與非法之間發展起來，挖到自己的第一桶金的。 [MSC, trad.]
     在市场经济初期（马克思所说的原始积累时期），许多企业家是在合法与非法之间发展起来，挖到自己的第一桶金的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006, 梁小民, 《寫給企業家的經濟學》, page 292

     Zài shìchǎngjīngjì chūqī (Mǎkèsī suǒ shuō de yuánshǐjīlěi shíqī), xǔduō qǐyèjiā shì zài héfǎ yǔ fēifǎ zhījiān fāzhǎn qǐlái, wā dào zìjǐ de dì-yī tǒng jīn de. [Pinyin]

     In the initial stage of the market economy, or the primitive accumulation period which was suggested by Marx, many entrepreneurs unearthed their own initial profits by expanding their businesses in a state between legality and illegality.

   • 出國的，也有無數人做了中國第一代海歸，捧著國外辛苦賺來的第一桶金，開始了國內的創業路。 [MSC, trad.]
     出国的，也有无数人做了中国第一代海归，捧着国外辛苦赚来的第一桶金，开始了国内的创业路。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2007, 宏皓, 《理財改變命運》, page 81

     Chūguó de, yě yǒu wúshù rén zuò le Zhōngguó dìyī dài hǎiguī, pěng zhe guówài xīnkǔ zhuàn lái de dì-yī tǒng jīn, kāishǐ le guónèi de chuàngyè lù. [Pinyin]

     There are countless ones who became the first group of haigui among people that went abroad. Holding the initial profits they earned through hard work from foreign businesses, they started their businesses in China.