一石二鳥

一石二鳥

See also: 一石二鸟

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	rock; stone; 10 pecks	two	bird; penis
trad. (一石二鳥)		一	石	二	鳥
simp. (一石二鸟)		一	石	二	鸟
Literally: “one stone, two birds”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshí'èrniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sek⁶ ji⁶ niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīshí'èrniǎo [Phonetic: yìshí'èrniǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyellneau
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sek⁶ ji⁶ niu⁵
    • Yale: yāt sehk yih níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sek⁹ ji⁶ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ség⁶ yi⁶ niu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɛːk̚² jiː²² niːu̯¹³/

Idiom

一石二鳥

1. kill two birds with one stone; do one task and finish two or more goals

Synonyms

• 一箭雙鵰／一箭双雕 (yījiànshuāngdiāo)
• 一舉兩得／一举两得 (yījǔliǎngdé)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一石二鳥):

• → Japanese: 一石二鳥 (いっせきにちょう) (isseki nichō)
• → Korean: 일석이조 (一石二鳥, ilseogijo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	石	二	鳥
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	せき Grade: 1	に Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

A calque of the English expression, to kill two birds with one stone.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっせきにちょー [ìssékí níchóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• (Tokyo) いっせきに​ちょー [ìssékí níꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
• IPA^(key): [isːe̞kʲi ɲ̟it͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

一石二鳥 (hiragana いっせきにちょう, rōmaji isseki nichō)

1. “one stone, two birds” → kill two birds with one stone: do one task and finish two or more goals

Synonyms

• 一挙両得 (いっきょりょうとく) (ikkyo ryōtoku): literally, “one stroke, double gain”

References

1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN