是藥三分毒
Chinese
| be; yes; this | medicine; drug; cure | to be divided into three parts; three tenths | poison; narcotics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (是藥三分毒) | 是 | 藥 | 三分 | 毒 | |
| simp. (是药三分毒) | 是 | 药 | 三分 | 毒 | |
| Literally: “this medicine contains 30% poison”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): shì yào sānfēn dú
- (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): si6 joek6 saam1 fan1 duk6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shì yào sānfēn dú
- Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shìh yào sanfen dú
- Wade–Giles: shih4 yao4 san1-fên1 tu2
- Yale: shr̀ yàu sān-fēn dú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh yaw sanfen dwu
- Palladius: ши яо саньфэнь ду (ši jao sanʹfɛnʹ du)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si6 joek6 saam1 fan1 duk6
- Yale: sih yeuhk sāam fān duhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: si6 joek9 saam1 fan1 duk9
- Guangdong Romanization: xi6 yêg6 sam1 fen1 dug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː²² jœːk̚² saːm⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
是藥三分毒
- all medicine has its side effects