事半功倍

事半功倍

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	(two, three, etc) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double (two, three, etc) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
simp. and trad. (事半功倍)		事	半	功	倍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìbàn-gōngbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): sū-pòaⁿ-kong-pōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shìbàn-gōngbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbanngongbey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbàngongbèi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵
    • Yale: sih bun gūng púih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² puːn³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰuːy̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-pòaⁿ-kong-pōe
    • Tâi-lô: sū-puànn-kong-puē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxpvoarkongpoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³ pue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/

Idiom

事半功倍

1. to yield twice the result with half the effort

Antonyms

• 事倍功半 (shìbèi-gōngbàn)