失敗是成功之母

See also: 失败是成功之母

Chinese

		to be defeated; to fail; to come to nothing to be defeated; to fail; to come to nothing; to fall through	be; yes; this	to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful; to complete a task	's; him/her/it; this	female; mother
trad. (失敗是成功之母)		失敗	是	成功	之	母
simp. (失败是成功之母)		失败	是	成功	之	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ baai⁶ si⁶ sing⁴ gung¹ zi¹ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihbài shìh chénggong jhih mǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-pai⁴ shih⁴ chʻêng²-kung¹ chih¹ mu³
    • Yale: shr̄-bài shr̀ chéng-gūng jr̄ mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shybay shyh chernggong jy muu
    • Palladius: шибай ши чэнгун чжи му (šibaj ši čɛngun čži mu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ baai⁶ si⁶ sing⁴ gung¹ zi¹ mou⁵
    • Yale: sāt baaih sih sìhng gūng jī móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ baai⁶ si⁶ sing⁴ gung¹ dzi¹ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ bai⁶ xi⁶ xing⁴ gung¹ ji¹ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² sɪŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/

Proverb

失敗是成功之母

1. Failure is the mother of success.

Descendants

• → Japanese: 失(しっ)敗(ぱい)は成(せい)功(こう)の母(はは) (shippai wa seikō no haha) (失(しっ)敗(ぱい)は成(せい)功(こう)の母(はは) (shippai wa seikō no haha)) (calque)
• → Vietnamese: thất bại là mẹ thành công (calque)