長命工夫長命做
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Chinese[edit]
long-lived; longevous | time and effort taken to perform a task; work | long-lived; longevous | to do; to make; to produce | ||
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trad. (長命工夫長命做) | 長命 | 工夫 | 長命 | 做 | |
simp. (长命工夫长命做) | 长命 | 工夫 | 长命 | 做 | |
Literally: “long-lasting tasks, one is long-lived to complete them”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coeng4 meng6 gung1 fu1 coeng4 meng6 zou6
- Yale: chèuhng mehng gūng fū chèuhng mehng jouh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng4 meng6 gung1 fu1 tsoeng4 meng6 dzou6
- Guangdong Romanization: cêng4 méng6 gung1 fu1 cêng4 méng6 zou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mɛːŋ²² kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mɛːŋ²² t͡sou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb[edit]
長命工夫長命做