酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機半句多

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	every time; meet by chance	intimate friend; close friend; to know oneself intimate friend; close friend; to know oneself; to be intimate with oneself	thousand	drinkware; cup; glass	young; few; little young; few; little; lack		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	not; no	to seize an opportunity; to speculate; to engage in financial speculation	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機半句多)		酒	逢	知己	千	杯	少	，	話	不	投機	半	句	多
simp. (酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多)		酒	逢	知己	千	杯	少	，	话	不	投机	半	句	多

Etymology

Attested in 名賢集.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔ féng zhījǐ qiān bēi shào, huà bù tóujī bàn jù duō

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄈㄥˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄅㄟ ㄕㄠˋ , ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² fung⁴ zi¹ gei² cin¹ bui¹ siu², waa⁶ bat¹ tau⁴ gei¹ bun³ geoi³ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔ féng zhījǐ qiān bēi shào, huà bù tóujī bàn jù duō
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄈㄥˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄅㄟ ㄕㄠˋ , ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒu fóng jhihjǐ cian bei shào, huà bù tóuji bàn jyù duo
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³ fêng² chih¹-chi³ chʻien¹ pei¹ shao⁴, hua⁴ pu⁴ tʻou²-chi¹ pan⁴ chü⁴ to¹
    • Yale: jyǒu féng jr̄-jǐ chyān bēi shàu-, hwà bù tóu-jī bàn jyù dwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou ferng jyjii chian bei shaw, huah bu tourji bann jiuh duo
    • Palladius: цзю фэн чжицзи цянь бэй шао, хуа бу тоуцзи бань цзюй до (czju fɛn čžiczi cjanʹ bɛj šao, xua bu touczi banʹ czjuj do)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² fung⁴ zi¹ gei² cin¹ bui¹ siu², waa⁶ bat¹ tau⁴ gei¹ bun³ geoi³ do¹
    • Yale: jáu fùhng jī géi chīn būi síu, wah bāt tàuh gēi bun geui dō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² fung⁴ dzi¹ gei² tsin¹ bui¹ siu², waa⁶ bat⁷ tau⁴ gei¹ bun³ goey³ do¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² fung⁴ ji¹ géi² qin¹ bui¹ xiu², wa⁶ bed¹ teo⁴ géi¹ bun³ gêu³ do¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ fʊŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ puːi̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ waː²² pɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kei̯⁵⁵ puːn³³ kɵy̯³³ tɔː⁵⁵/

Proverb

酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機半句多

1. If you drink with a bosom friend, a thousand cups are too few; if you talk to someone who is not on the same page, even half a sentence is too much.