板上釘釘

See also: 板上钉钉

Chinese

		board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to nail	nail
trad. (板上釘釘)		板	上	釘	釘
simp. (板上钉钉)		板	上	钉	钉
Literally: “to nail nails into a plank”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎnshàngdìngdīng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baan² soeng⁶ deng¹ deng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎnshàngdìngdīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎnshàngdìngding
  - Wade–Giles: pan³-shang⁴-ting⁴-ting¹
  - Yale: bǎn-shàng-dìng-dīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baanshanqdinqding
  - Palladius: баньшандиндин (banʹšandindin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎnshàngdìngdīngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎnshàngdìngdingr
  - Wade–Giles: pan³-shang⁴-ting⁴-ting¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: bǎn-shàng-dìng-dīngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baanshanqdinqdiengl
  - Palladius: баньшандиндинр (banʹšandindinr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ tiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baan² soeng⁶ deng¹ deng¹
  - Yale: báan seuhng dēng dēng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan² soeng⁶ deng¹ deng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban² sêng⁶ déng¹ déng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn³⁵ sœːŋ²² tɛːŋ⁵⁵ tɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

板上釘釘

(figurative) sure; certain; without a doubt
他這次出國，可說是板上釘釘了。 [MSC, trad.]
他这次出国，可说是板上钉钉了。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zhècì chūguó, kě shuō shì bǎnshàngdìngdīng le. [Pinyin]
It is a foregone conclusion that he will go abroad this time.

References

“板上釘釘”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.