百煉成鋼
Chinese
| hundred | refine; smelt | finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth |
steel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (百煉成鋼/百鍊成鋼) | 百 | 煉/鍊 | 成 | 鋼 | |
| simp. (百炼成钢) | 百 | 炼 | 成 | 钢 | |
| Literally: “to temper into steel”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): bǎiliànchénggāng
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄤ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baak3 lin6 sing4 gong3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bǎiliànchénggāng
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǎiliànchénggang
- Wade–Giles: pai3-lien4-chʻêng2-kang1
- Yale: bǎi-lyàn-chéng-gāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baeliannchernggang
- Palladius: байляньчэнган (bajljanʹčɛngan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak3 lin6 sing4 gong3
- Yale: baak lihn sìhng gong
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak8 lin6 sing4 gong3
- Guangdong Romanization: bag3 lin6 xing4 gong3
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚³ liːn²² sɪŋ²¹ kɔːŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
百煉成鋼