救人一命，勝造七級浮屠

Chinese

		to save; to assist; to rescue	man; person; people	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	life; fate		victorious; able to do; competent enough to	to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	seven	level; grade; rank level; grade; rank; step	Buddha; Futu
trad. (救人一命，勝造七級浮屠)		救	人	一	命	，	勝	造	七	級	浮屠
simp. (救人一命，胜造七级浮屠)		救	人	一	命	，	胜	造	七	级	浮屠
Literally: “saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùrén yīmìng shèng zào qī jí fútú

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄗㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄐㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ jan⁴ jat¹ meng⁶ sing³ zou⁶ cat¹ kap¹ fau⁴ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùrén yīmìng shèng zào qī jí fútú [Phonetic: jiùrén yímìng shèng zào qī jí fútú]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄗㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄐㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòurén yimìng shèng zào ci jí fútú
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-jên² i¹-ming⁴ shêng⁴ tsao⁴ chʻi¹ chi² fu²-tʻu²
  - Yale: jyòu-rén yī-mìng shèng dzàu chī jí fú-tú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowren iminq shenq tzaw chi chi fwutwu
  - Palladius: цзюжэнь имин шэн цзао ци цзи футу (czjužɛnʹ imin šɛn czao ci czi futu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ fu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³ jan⁴ jat¹ meng⁶ sing³ zou⁶ cat¹ kap¹ fau⁴ tou⁴
  - Yale: gau yàhn yāt mehng sing jouh chāt kāp fàuh tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ jan⁴ jat⁷ meng⁶ sing³ dzou⁶ tsat⁷ kap⁷ fau⁴ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo³ yen⁴ yed¹ méng⁶ xing³ zou⁶ ced¹ keb¹ feo⁴ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ jɐn²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mɛːŋ²² sɪŋ³³ t͡sou̯²² t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵ fɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

Proverb

救人一命，勝造七級浮屠

saving a life is of boundless beneficence

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