早聞道，夕死可矣

See also: 早闻道，夕死可矣

Chinese

		early; morning	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk		dusk; evening	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	final particle
trad. (早聞道，夕死可矣)		早	聞	道	，	夕	死	可	矣
simp. (早闻道，夕死可矣)		早	闻	道	，	夕	死	可	矣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ, zǎo wén dào, xì sǐ kě yǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄒㄧ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ, ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄒㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² man⁴ dou⁶, zik⁶ sei² ho² ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ [Phonetic: zǎowéndào,xīsíkéyǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄒㄧ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo wún dào, si sǐh kě yǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³ wên² tao⁴, hsi¹ ssŭ³ kʻo³ i³
    • Yale: dzǎu wén dàu-, syī sž kě yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao wen daw, shi syy kee yii
    • Palladius: цзао вэнь дао, си сы кэ и (czao vɛnʹ dao, si sy kɛ i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo wén dào, xì sǐ kě yǐ [Phonetic: zǎowéndào,xìsíkéyǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄒㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo wún dào, sì sǐh kě yǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³ wên² tao⁴, hsi⁴ ssŭ³ kʻo³ i³
    • Yale: dzǎu wén dàu-, syì sž kě yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao wen daw, shih syy kee yii
    • Palladius: цзао вэнь дао, си сы кэ и (czao vɛnʹ dao, si sy kɛ i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² man⁴ dou⁶, zik⁶ sei² ho² ji⁵
    • Yale: jóu màhn douh, jihk séi hó yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² man⁴ dou⁶, dzik⁹ sei² ho² ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² men⁴ dou⁶, jig⁶ séi² ho² yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ mɐn²¹ tou̯²² t͡sɪk̚² sei̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ jiː¹³/

Idiom

早聞道，夕死可矣

1. Alternative form of 朝聞道，夕死可矣／朝闻道，夕死可矣 (zhāo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ)