瘦田冇人耕，耕開有人爭

Chinese

		tight; thin; lean	field; farm	not have (dialectal)	man; person; people	to plough; to till		to plough; to till	open; operate (vehicle); start	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	man; person; people	struggle; fight
trad. (瘦田冇人耕，耕開有人爭)		瘦	田	冇	人	耕	，	耕	開	有	人	爭
simp. (瘦田冇人耕，耕开有人争)		瘦	田	冇	人	耕	，	耕	开	有	人	争
alternative forms		瘦田無人耕，耕開有人爭／瘦田无人耕，耕开有人争
Literally: “no one plows a thin field, but people start competing for it once it is regularly plowed”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³ tin⁴ mou⁵ jan⁴ gaang¹, gaang¹ hoi¹ jau⁵ jan⁴ zaang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau³ tin⁴ mou⁵ jan⁴ gaang¹, gaang¹ hoi¹ jau⁵ jan⁴ zaang¹
    • Yale: sau tìhn móuh yàhn gāang, gāang hōi yáuh yàhn jāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³ tin⁴ mou⁵ jan⁴ gaang¹, gaang¹ hoi¹ jau⁵ jan⁴ dzaang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³ tin⁴ mou⁵ yen⁴ gang¹, gang¹ hoi¹ yeo⁵ yen⁴ zang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³ tʰiːn²¹ mou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ kaːŋ⁵⁵ kaːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jɐn²¹ t͡saːŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

瘦田冇人耕，耕開有人爭

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