一年一度

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	year	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad. (一年一度)		一	年	一	度

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīniányīdù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄉㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ nin⁴ jat¹ dou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīniányīdù [Phonetic: yìniányídù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄉㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiniányidù
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-nien²-i¹-tu⁴
  - Yale: yī-nyán-yī-dù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inianiduh
  - Palladius: иняньиду (injanʹidu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ nin⁴ jat¹ dou⁶
  - Yale: yāt nìhn yāt douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ nin⁴ jat⁷ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nin⁴ yed¹ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ niːn²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tou̯²²/

Idiom

一年一度

once a year; annually
- 一年一度秋風勁，
  不似春光。
  勝似春光，
  寥廓江天萬里霜。 [Ci, trad.]
  一年一度秋风劲，
  不似春光。
  胜似春光，
  寥廓江天万里霜。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: 1929, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong),《採桑子·重陽》(The Double Ninth—to the tune of Mulberry Picking Song), translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Yīniányīdù qiūfēng jìng,
  Bù sì chūnguāng.
  Shèngsì chūnguāng,
  Liáokuò jiāngtiān wànlǐ shuāng. [Pinyin]
  Every year in autumn wind blows with might,
  Unlike spring's splendour.
  Yet it rivals spring's splendour,
  In its frosty and boundless water and sky.