乾坤一擲

See also: 乾坤一掷

Chinese

		the ䷀ and ䷁ hexagrams from the I Ching; heaven and earth	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	toss
trad. (乾坤一擲)		乾坤	一	擲
simp. (乾坤一掷)		乾坤	一	掷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánkūnyīzhì, qiánkūnyīzhí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣㄧㄓˋ, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣㄧㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kin⁴ kwan¹ jat¹ zaak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánkūnyīzhì [Phonetic: qiánkūnyízhì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣㄧㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánkunyijhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-kʻun¹-i¹-chih⁴
  - Yale: chyán-kwūn-yī-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyankuenijyh
  - Palladius: цянькуньичжи (cjanʹkunʹičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánkūnyīzhí [Phonetic: qiánkūnyìzhí]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣㄧㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánkunyijhíh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-kʻun¹-i¹-chih²
  - Yale: chyán-kwūn-yī-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyankuenijyr
  - Palladius: цянькуньичжи (cjanʹkunʹičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kin⁴ kwan¹ jat¹ zaak⁶
  - Yale: kìhn kwān yāt jaahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kin⁴ kwan¹ jat⁷ dzaak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kin⁴ kuen¹ yed¹ zag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːn²¹ kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚²/

Idiom

乾坤一擲

staking everything, playing for all-or-nothing

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾	坤	一	擲
けん Grade: S	こん Hyōgai	いち > いっ Grade: 1	てき Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

乾(けん)坤(こん)一(いっ)擲(てき) • (kenkon'itteki)

staking everything, playing for all-or-nothing