一板三眼
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab |
three | eye | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (一板三眼) | 一 | 板 | 三 | 眼 | |
| simp. #(一板三眼) | 一 | 板 | 三 | 眼 | |
| Literally: “one accented beat and three unaccented beats”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yībǎnsānyǎn [Phonetic: yìbǎnsānyǎn]
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄢˇ ㄙㄢ ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yibǎnsanyǎn
- Wade–Giles: i1-pan3-san1-yen3
- Yale: yī-bǎn-sān-yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibaansanyean
- Palladius: ибаньсаньянь (ibanʹsanʹjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 baan2 saam1 ngaan5
- Yale: yāt báan sāam ngáahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 baan2 saam1 ngaan5
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 ban2 sam1 ngan5
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ paːn³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
一板三眼
- synonym of 一板一眼 (yībǎnyīyǎn, “scrupulous and methodical”)