一年之計在於春

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	year	's; him/her/it; this	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan	to lie in; to be in; to be situated at to lie in; to be in; to be situated at; to be determined by; to hinge upon; to depend upon; to rest with	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (一年之計在於春)		一	年	之	計	在於	春
simp. (一年之计在于春)		一	年	之	计	在于	春
Literally: “the whole year's planning lies in the spring”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yī nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ nin⁴ zi¹ gai³ zoi⁶ jyu¹ ceon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yī nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn [Phonetic: yì nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yi nián jhih jì zàiyú chun
  - Wade–Giles: i¹ nien² chih¹ chi⁴ tsai⁴-yü² chʻun¹
  - Yale: yī nyán jr̄ jì dzài-yú chwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i nian jy jih tzayyu chuen
  - Palladius: и нянь чжи цзи цзайюй чунь (i njanʹ čži czi czajjuj čunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ nin⁴ zi¹ gai³ zoi⁶ jyu¹ ceon¹
  - Yale: yāt nìhn jī gai joih yū chēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ nin⁴ dzi¹ gai³ dzoi⁶ jy¹ tsoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nin⁴ ji¹ gei³ zoi⁶ yu¹ cên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ niːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³ t͡sɔːi̯²² jyː⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰɵn⁵⁵/

Proverb

一年之計在於春

Short for 一年之計在於春，一日之計在於晨／一年之计在于春，一日之计在于晨 (yī nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn, yī rì zhī jì zàiyú chén, “early planning is the key to success”).

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