物盡其用

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	to use
trad. (物盡其用)		物	盡	其	用
simp. (物尽其用)		物	尽	其	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wùjìnqíyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ zeon⁶ kei⁴ jung⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bu̍t-chīn-kî-iōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wùjìnqíyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhjinnchyiyonq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùjìncíyòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ zeon⁶ kei⁴ jung⁶
  - Yale: maht jeuhn kèih yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ dzoen⁶ kei⁴ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ zên⁶ kéi⁴ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² t͡ʃɵn²² kʰei̯²¹ jʊŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-chīn-kî-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: bu̍t-tsīn-kî-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: budcixnki'iong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ ki²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻²² ki²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ ki¹³⁻²² iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕin³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕin³³⁻²¹ ki²³⁻³³ iɔŋ³³/

Idiom

物盡其用

to fully utilize something; to use something to the full

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