留得青山在，哪怕冇柴燒

留得青山在，哪怕冇柴燒

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	green mountains; mountains with lush forests; psycho	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing		even if; even though	not have (dialectal)	firewood	to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever
trad. (留得青山在，哪怕冇柴燒)		留	得	青山	在	，	哪怕	冇	柴	燒
simp. (留得青山在，哪怕冇柴烧)		留	得	青山	在	，	哪怕	冇	柴	烧

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ dak¹ cing¹ saan¹ zoi⁶, naa⁵ paa³ mou⁵ caai⁴ siu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ dak¹ cing¹ saan¹ zoi⁶, naa⁵ paa³ mou⁵ caai⁴ siu¹
    • Yale: làuh dāk chīng sāan joih, náh pa móuh chàaih sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ dak⁷ tsing¹ saan¹ dzoi⁶, naa⁵ paa³ mou⁵ tsaai⁴ siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ deg¹ qing¹ san¹ zoi⁶, na⁵ pa³ mou⁵ cai⁴ xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ tɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ säːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² näː¹³ pʰäː³³ mou̯¹³ t͡sʰäːi̯²¹ siːu̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

留得青山在，哪怕冇柴燒

1. (Cantonese) while there's life, there's hope

Synonyms

• 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒／留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 (liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo)