捷足先登

捷足先登

Chinese

		victory; triumph; quick victory; triumph; quick; prompt; rapid	foot; to be sufficient	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record
simp. and trad. (捷足先登)		捷	足	先	登
Literally: “the quick of foot will be the first to ascend”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiézúxiāndēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ zuk¹ sin¹ dang¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chia̍p-chiok-sian-teng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiézúxiāndēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyetzwushiandeng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡su³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ zuk¹ sin¹ dang¹
    • Yale: jit jūk sīn dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ dzuk⁷ sin¹ dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ zug¹ xin¹ deng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍p-chiok-sian-teng
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍p-tsiok-sian-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciabcioksiendefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiap̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn³³ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiap̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiap̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

捷足先登

1. to take the first step; to act early on; the early bird gets the worm