事必躬親

事必躬親

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	body; oneself; personally body; oneself; personally; to bow	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (事必躬親)		事	必	躬	親
simp. (事必躬亲)		事	必	躬	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìbìgōngqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ bit¹ gung¹ can¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shìbìgōngqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbihgongchin
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbìgongcin
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ bit¹ gung¹ can¹
    • Yale: sih bīt gūng chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ bit⁷ gung¹ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bid¹ gung¹ cen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siː²² piːt̚⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

事必躬親

1. to take care of every single task personally