羊毛出在羊身上

Chinese

		wool; fleece	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	caprid	one's body; one's health; at hand one's body; one's health; at hand; with or on oneself; on one's person
trad. (羊毛出在羊身上)		羊毛	出	在	羊	身上
simp. #(羊毛出在羊身上)		羊毛	出	在	羊	身上
Literally: “wool comes from a sheep's body”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄣ ˙ㄕㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ mou⁴ ceot¹ zoi⁶ joeng⁴ san¹ soeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄣ ˙ㄕㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángmáo chu zài yáng shenshång
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-mao² chʻu¹ tsai⁴ yang² shên¹-shang⁵
    • Yale: yáng-máu chū dzài yáng shēn-shang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangmau chu tzay yang shen.shang
    • Palladius: янмао чу цзай ян шэньшан (janmao ču czaj jan šɛnʹšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ mou⁴ ceot¹ zoi⁶ joeng⁴ san¹ soeng⁶
    • Yale: yèuhng mòuh chēut joih yèuhng sān seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ mou⁴ tsoet⁷ dzoi⁶ joeng⁴ san¹ soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ mou⁴ cêd¹ zoi⁶ yêng⁴ sen¹ sêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² jœːŋ²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ sœːŋ²²/

Proverb

羊毛出在羊身上

1. the benefits come from oneself; there's no such thing as a free lunch