事不宜遲
See also: 事不宜迟
Chinese
matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair |
not suitable; inadvisable | late; delayed; slow | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (事不宜遲) | 事 | 不宜 | 遲 | |
| simp. (事不宜迟) | 事 | 不宜 | 迟 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shìbùyíchí
- Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ ㄔˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbùyíchíh
- Wade–Giles: shih4-pu4-i2-chʻih2
- Yale: shr̀-bù-yí-chŕ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbuyichyr
- Palladius: шибуичи (šibuiči)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ i³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si6 bat1 ji4 ci4
- Yale: sih bāt yìh chìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: si6 bat7 ji4 tsi4
- Guangdong Romanization: xi6 bed1 yi4 qi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
事不宜遲
- now is the time; the matter cannot be put off; it must be done right away
- 事不宜遲，快收拾細軟等物，都到那裏入夥，方避得大禍。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14th century CE
- Shìbùyíchí, kuài shōushí xìruǎn děng wù, dōu dào nàlǐ rùhuǒ, fāng bì dé dà huò. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
事不宜迟，快收拾细软等物，都到那里入伙，方避得大祸。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]