宵衣旰食

宵衣旰食

Chinese

		night	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	sunset; evening	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
simp. and trad. (宵衣旰食)		宵	衣	旰	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoyīgànshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄧ ㄍㄢˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ ji¹ gon³ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāoyīgànshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄧ ㄍㄢˋ ㄕˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiauigannshy
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵ kän⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ ji¹ gon³ sik⁶
    • Yale: sīu yī gon sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ ji¹ gon³ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ yi¹ gon³ xig⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵ kɔːn³³ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

宵衣旰食

1. Very hard-working.