十賭九輸

Chinese

		ten	bet; gamble	nine	to transport; to lose
trad. (十賭九輸)		十	賭	九	輸
simp. (十赌九输)		十	赌	九	输
Literally: “when gambling, nine times out of ten you lose”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shídǔjiǔshū

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄉㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ dou² gau² syu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shídǔjiǔshū [Phonetic: shídújiǔshū]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄉㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhdǔjiǒushu
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-tu³-chiu³-shu¹
  - Yale: shŕ-dǔ-jyǒu-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrduujeoushu
  - Palladius: шидуцзюшу (šiduczjušu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ tu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ dou² gau² syu¹
  - Yale: sahp dóu gáu syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ dou² gau² sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ dou² geo² xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² tou̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/

Idiom

十賭九輸

(figurative) gambling is a scam

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