十全十美

Chinese

		ten	all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete	ten	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (十全十美)		十	全	十	美
simp. ^#(十全十美)		十	全	十	美

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíquánshíměi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ cyun⁴ sap⁶ mei⁵
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): si̍p-choân-si̍p-bí / cha̍p-choân-cha̍p-bí / cha̍p-chn̂g-cha̍p-bí
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁸zeq-zhi ⁸zeq-me

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíquánshíměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcyuánshíhměi
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻüan²-shih²-mei³
  - Yale: shŕ-chywán-shŕ-měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchyuanshyrmeei
  - Palladius: шицюаньшимэй (šicjuanʹšimɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ cyun⁴ sap⁶ mei⁵
  - Yale: sahp chyùhn sahp méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ tsyn⁴ sap⁹ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ qun⁴ seb⁶ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² t͡ʃʰyːn²¹ sɐp̚² mei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍p-choân-si̍p-bí
  - Tâi-lô: si̍p-tsuân-si̍p-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sibzoansibbie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕip̚⁴⁻³² t͡suan²⁴⁻²² ɕip̚⁴⁻³² bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕip̚⁴⁻³² t͡suan²³⁻³³ ɕip̚⁴⁻³² bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕip̚⁴⁻³² t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕip̚⁴⁻³² bi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-choân-cha̍p-bí
  - Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-tsuân-tsa̍p-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zabzoanzabbie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡suan²⁴⁻²² t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² bi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-chn̂g-cha̍p-bí
  - Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-tsn̂g-tsa̍p-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zabzngzabbie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sŋ̍²⁴⁻²² t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² bi⁵³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zeq-zhi ⁸zeq-me
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁵zeq-xxi ⁵zeq-me
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /zəʔ¹¹ ʑi²³ zəʔ¹¹ me²³/

Note: Tone sandhi within chengyu often vary from person to person..

Idiom

十全十美

perfect; flawless
- 人生沒你怎算十全十美 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  人生没你怎算十全十美 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2016, 郭之儀 (lyrics and music), 十全十美 , performed by 蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai]
  lîn-seng bô lí chóaⁿ sǹg si̍p-choân-si̍p-bí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  How can life without you count as perfect?

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