天行健，君子以自強不息

Chinese
day; sky; heaven
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 healthy
 
junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person
junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person
 
to use; according to; so as to
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
 to strive to better oneself constantly and never slacken
trad. (天行健，君子以自強不息) 天 行 健 ， 君子 以 自強不息
simp. (天行健，君子以自强不息) 天 行 健 ， 君子 以 自强不息

Etymology

From the I Ching (易經).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxī [Phonetic: tiānxíngjiàn,jūnzíyǐzìqiángbùxī]
      • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: tian síng jiàn, jyunzǐh yǐ zìhciángbùsi
      • Wade–Giles: tʻien1 hsing2 chien4, chün1-tzŭ3 i3 tzŭ4-chʻiang2-pu4-hsi1
      • Yale: tyān syíng jyàn-, jyūn-dž yǐ dz̀-chyáng-bù-syī
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian shyng jiann, jiuntzyy yii tzyhchyangbushi
      • Palladius: тянь син цзянь, цзюньцзы и цзыцянбуси (tjanʹ sin czjanʹ, czjunʹczy i czycjanbusi)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxí [Phonetic: tiānxíngjiàn,jūnzíyǐzìqiángbùxí]
      • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: tian síng jiàn, jyunzǐh yǐ zìhciángbùsí
      • Wade–Giles: tʻien1 hsing2 chien4, chün1-tzŭ3 i3 tzŭ4-chʻiang2-pu4-hsi2
      • Yale: tyān syíng jyàn-, jyūn-dž yǐ dz̀-chyáng-bù-syí
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian shyng jiann, jiuntzyy yii tzyhchyangbushyi
      • Palladius: тянь син цзянь, цзюньцзы и цзыцянбуси (tjanʹ sin czjanʹ, czjunʹczy i czycjanbusi)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
      • Jyutping: tin1 hang4 gin6, gwan1 zi2 ji5 zi6 koeng4 bat1 sik1
      • Yale: tīn hàhng gihn, gwān jí yíh jih kèuhng bāt sīk
      • Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 hang4 gin6, gwan1 dzi2 ji5 dzi6 koeng4 bat7 sik7
      • Guangdong Romanization: tin1 heng4 gin6, guen1 ji2 yi5 ji6 kêng4 bed1 xig1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹ kiːn²² kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ jiː¹³ t͡siː²² kʰœːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Proverb

天行健，君子以自強不息

  1. Just as the celestial bodies never run out of energy to orbit round and round, so should we always strive to better ourselves.
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