一髮千鈞
Chinese
| a hair; something minute | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (一髮千鈞) | 一髮 | 千鈞 | |
| simp. (一发千钧) | 一发 | 千钧 | |
| anagram | 千鈞一髮／千钧一发 | ||
| Literally: “A thousand jun hangs from a strip of hair.” | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yīfàqiānjūn [Phonetic: yífàqiānjūn]
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yifàcianjyun
- Wade–Giles: i1-fa4-chʻien1-chün1
- Yale: yī-fà-chyān-jyūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifahchianjiun
- Palladius: ифацяньцзюнь (ifacjanʹczjunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yīfǎqiānjūn [Phonetic: yìfǎqiānjūn]
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yifǎcianjyun
- Wade–Giles: i1-fa3-chʻien1-chün1
- Yale: yī-fǎ-chyān-jyūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifaachianjiun
- Palladius: ифацяньцзюнь (ifacjanʹczjunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 faat3 cin1 gwan1
- Yale: yāt faat chīn gwān
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 faat8 tsin1 gwan1
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 fad3 qin1 guen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
一髮千鈞