千萬買鄰

Chinese

		ten million; tens of millions of
trad. (千萬買鄰/千萬買隣)		千萬	買鄰/買隣
simp. (千万买邻)		千万	买邻
Literally: “to buy a neighbour for ten million”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānwànmǎilín

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ maan⁶ maai⁵ leon⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānwànmǎilín
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianwànmǎilín
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-wan⁴-mai³-lin²
  - Yale: chyān-wàn-mǎi-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianwannmaelin
  - Palladius: цяньваньмайлинь (cjanʹvanʹmajlinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ maan⁶ maai⁵ leon⁴
  - Yale: chīn maahn máaih lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ maan⁶ maai⁵ loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ man⁶ mai⁵ lên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ maːn²² maːi̯¹³ lɵn²¹/

Idiom

千萬買鄰

good neighbours are hard to find

Related terms

千金買厝，萬金買厝邊／千金买厝，万金买厝边

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