只爭朝夕

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	struggle; fight	morning and night; day and night; all the time morning and night; day and night; all the time; very short time; short while
trad. (只爭朝夕)		只	爭	朝夕
simp. (只争朝夕)		只	争	朝夕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐzhēngzhāoxī, zhǐzhēngzhāoxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄓㄥ ㄓㄠ ㄒㄧ, ㄓˇ ㄓㄥ ㄓㄠ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² zang¹ ziu¹ zik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐzhēngzhāoxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄓㄥ ㄓㄠ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjhengjhaosi
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chêng¹-chao¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: jř-jēng-jāu-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjengjaushi
    • Palladius: чжичжэнчжаоси (čžičžɛnčžaosi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐzhēngzhāoxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄓㄥ ㄓㄠ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjhengjhaosì
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chêng¹-chao¹-hsi⁴
    • Yale: jř-jēng-jāu-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjengjaushih
    • Palladius: чжичжэнчжаоси (čžičžɛnčžaosi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² zang¹ ziu¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: jí jāng jīu jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² dzang¹ dziu¹ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² zeng¹ jiu¹ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/

Idiom

只爭朝夕

1. to make the best use of one's time