防微杜漸

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	fabricate; restrict; to prevent	gradual; gradually; imbue
trad. (防微杜漸)		防	微	杜	漸
simp. (防微杜渐)		防	微	杜	渐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fángwēidùjiàn, fángwéidùjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ zim⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-bî-tō͘-chiām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fángwēidùjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fángweidùjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-wei¹-tu⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: fáng-wēi-dù-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngueiduhjiann
    • Palladius: фанвэйдуцзянь (fanvɛjduczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fángwéidùjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fángwéidùjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-wei²-tu⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: fáng-wéi-dù-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngweiduhjiann
    • Palladius: фанвэйдуцзянь (fanvɛjduczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ zim⁶
    • Yale: fòhng mèih douh jihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ dzim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ méi⁴ dou⁶ jim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ mei̯²¹ tou̯²² t͡siːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-bî-tō͘-chiām
    • Tâi-lô: hông-bî-tōo-tsiām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongbi'doxciam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² bi¹³⁻²² tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bi²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ bi²³⁻³³ tɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siam³³/

Idiom

防微杜漸

1. to nip in the bud; to put an end to a bad thing or mistake when it germinates