士農工商

See also: 士农工商

Chinese

		scholar; warrior; knight	agriculture	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	commerce; consult
trad. (士農工商)		士	農	工	商
simp. (士农工商)		士	农	工	商

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìnónggōngshāng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄕㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ nung⁴ gung¹ soeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-nùng-kûng-sông
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): sū-lông-kong-siong / sū-lông-kang-siong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìnónggōngshāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄕㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhnónggongshang
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-nung²-kung¹-shang¹
  - Yale: shr̀-núng-gūng-shāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhnonggongshang
  - Palladius: шинунгуншан (šinungunšan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ nʊŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ nung⁴ gung¹ soeng¹
  - Yale: sih nùhng gūng sēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ nung⁴ gung¹ soeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ nung⁴ gung¹ sêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² nʊŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-nùng-kûng-sông
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii nungˇ gung´ song´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ nung² gung¹ song¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ nuŋ¹¹ kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ soŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-lông-kong-siong
  - Tâi-lô: sū-lông-kong-siong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxlongkongsiofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ lɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ lɔŋ²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-lông-kang-siong
  - Tâi-lô: sū-lông-kang-siong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxlongkangsiofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ lɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ lɔŋ²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

士農工商

the four occupations of ancient China: scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants
- 只見街坊上，士農工商，文人墨客，愚夫俗子，齊咳咳都道：「看拋繡球去也！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  只见街坊上，士农工商，文人墨客，愚夫俗子，齐咳咳都道：“看抛绣球去也！” [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE
  Zhǐ jiàn jiēfāng shàng, shìnónggōngshāng, wénrén mòkè, yúfū súzǐ, qí háihái dōu dào: “Kàn pāoxiùqiú qù yě!” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 住一陣人真正善良，面上攏帶著笑容，安份守己，士農工商，彼就是我的故鄉。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  住一阵人真正善良，面上拢带着笑容，安份守己，士农工商，彼就是我的故乡。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1991, 葉啟田 (Yeh Chi-tien), 故鄉
  Tòa chi̍t tīn lâng chin-chiàⁿ siān-liông, bīn-siōng lóng tòa-tio̍h chhiò-iông, an-hūn-siú-kí, sū-lông-kang-siong, he chiū-sī góa ê kò͘-hiong. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  There lives a very kind crowd, their faces all smiling. They each do their own duty, whether being a scholar, farmer, artisan or merchant. That is my homeland.
- 士農工商，人人是英雄。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  士农工商，人人是英雄。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2013, 許富凱, 人在做天在看
  Sū-lông-kong-siong, lâng-lâng sī eng-hiông. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Scholar, farmer, artisan or merchant, everyone is a hero.

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