起早貪黑

Chinese

		to wake up early; early morning
trad. (起早貪黑)		起早	貪黑
simp. (起早贪黑)		起早	贪黑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐzǎotānhēi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ ㄊㄢㄏㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² zou² taam¹ hak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐzǎotānhēi [Phonetic: qízǎotānhēi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ ㄊㄢㄏㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐzǎotanhei
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tsao³-tʻan¹-hei¹
  - Yale: chǐ-dzǎu-tān-hēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitzaotanhei
  - Palladius: цицзаотаньхэй (ciczaotanʹxɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² zou² taam¹ hak¹
  - Yale: héi jóu tāam hāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² dzou² taam¹ hak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² zou² tam¹ heg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵ tʰaːm⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

起早貪黑

to work from dawn to dusk

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