男兒膝下有黃金

See also: 男儿膝下有黄金

Chinese

		a man; son	at one's knees; children	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	gold; poop
trad. (男兒膝下有黃金)		男兒	膝下	有	黃金
simp. (男儿膝下有黄金)		男儿	膝下	有	黄金
Literally: “there is gold under a man's knees (so why kneel down?)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nán'ér xīxià yǒu huángjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ ji⁴ sat¹ haa⁶ jau⁵ wong⁴ gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nán'ér xīxià yǒu huángjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nán-ér sisià yǒu huángjin
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-êrh² hsi¹-hsia⁴ yu³ huang²-chin¹
  - Yale: nán-ér syī-syà yǒu hwáng-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanerl shishiah yeou hwangjin
  - Palladius: наньэр сися ю хуанцзинь (nanʹer sisja ju xuanczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ ji⁴ sat¹ haa⁶ jau⁵ wong⁴ gam¹
  - Yale: nàahm yìh sāt hah yáuh wòhng gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ ji⁴ sat⁷ haa⁶ jau⁵ wong⁴ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ yi⁴ sed¹ ha⁶ yeo⁵ wong⁴ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ jiː²¹ sɐt̚⁵ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹ kɐm⁵⁵/

Proverb

男兒膝下有黃金

A man should have dignity and not grovel or bow down.

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