負負得正

負負得正

Chinese

		lose; negative (math. etc.); to bear lose; negative (math. etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)	lose; negative (math. etc.); to bear lose; negative (math. etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)	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	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
trad. (負負得正)		負	負	得	正
simp. (负负得正)		负	负	得	正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùfùdézhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ fu⁶ dak¹ zing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fùfùdézhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhfuhderjenq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùfùdéjhèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ fu⁶ dak¹ zing³
    • Yale: fuh fuh dāk jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ fu⁶ dak⁷ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ fu⁶ deg¹ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² fuː²² tɐk̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/

Idiom

負負得正

1. (mathematics, mnemonic) two negatives make a positive; the product of two negative numbers is a positive number