一字之師

一字之師

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	's; him/her/it; this	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (一字之師)		一	字	之	師
simp. (一字之师)		一	字	之	师

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzìzhīshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄓ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zi⁶ zi¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīzìzhīshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄓ ㄕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itzyhjyshy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yizìhjhihshih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zi⁶ zi¹ si¹
    • Yale: yāt jih jī sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzi⁶ dzi¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ji⁶ ji¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² t͡siː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

一字之師

1. a teacher of one word; one who can significantly improve the quality of another's writing by changing one word and thus becomes his teacher