勤能補拙
Chinese
| diligent; frequent | ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able |
to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement |
awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my | ||
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| trad. (勤能補拙) | 勤 | 能 | 補 | 拙 | |
| simp. (勤能补拙) | 勤 | 能 | 补 | 拙 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qínnéngbǔzhuō
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cínnéngbǔjhuo
- Wade–Giles: chʻin2-nêng2-pu3-cho1
- Yale: chín-néng-bǔ-jwō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynnengbuujuo
- Palladius: циньнэнбучжо (cinʹnɛnbučžo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qínnéngbǔzhuó
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cínnéngbǔjhuó
- Wade–Giles: chʻin2-nêng2-pu3-cho2
- Yale: chín-néng-bǔ-jwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynnengbuujwo
- Palladius: циньнэнбучжо (cinʹnɛnbučžo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kan4 nang4 bou2 zyut6
- Yale: kàhn nàhng bóu jyuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: kan4 nang4 bou2 dzyt9
- Guangdong Romanization: ken4 neng4 bou2 jud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɐn²¹ nɐŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ t͡syːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
勤能補拙
- diligence makes up for one's dullness