十隻手指有長短

Chinese

		ten	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	finger; flash drive; thumb drive	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	length; size; dimensions
trad. (十隻手指有長短)		十	隻	手指	有	長短
simp. (十只手指有长短)		十	只	手指	有	长短
Literally: “the ten fingers have different lengths”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ zek³ sau² zi² jau⁵ coeng⁴ dyun²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ zek³ sau² zi² jau⁵ coeng⁴ dyun²
    • Yale: sahp jek sáu jí yáuh chèuhng dyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ dzek⁸ sau² dzi² jau⁵ tsoeng⁴ dyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ zég³ seo² ji² yeo⁵ cêng⁴ dün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tyːn³⁵/

Proverb

十隻手指有長短

1. (Cantonese) everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses

Synonyms

• 十個手指有長短／十个手指有长短