只爭朝夕

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	struggle; fight	morning and night; day and night; all the time morning and night; day and night; all the time; very short time; short while
trad. (只爭朝夕)		只	爭	朝夕
simp. (只争朝夕)		只	争	朝夕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐzhēngzhāoxī, zhǐzhēngzhāoxì

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄓㄥㄓㄠㄒㄧ, ㄓˇ ㄓㄥㄓㄠㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² zang¹ ziu¹ zik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐzhēngzhāoxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄓㄥㄓㄠㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjhengjhaosi
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-chêng¹-chao¹-hsi¹
  - Yale: jř-jēng-jāu-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjengjaushi
  - Palladius: чжичжэнчжаоси (čžičžɛnčžaosi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐzhēngzhāoxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄓㄥㄓㄠㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjhengjhaosì
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-chêng¹-chao¹-hsi⁴
  - Yale: jř-jēng-jāu-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjengjaushih
  - Palladius: чжичжэнчжаоси (čžičžɛnčžaosi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² zang¹ ziu¹ zik⁶
  - Yale: jí jāng jīu jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² dzang¹ dziu¹ dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² zeng¹ jiu¹ jig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/

Idiom

只爭朝夕

to make the best use of one's time

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