白手起家

Chinese

		with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing; from scratch	to make one’s family prosper and establish a competency; to build up; to grow and thrive to make one’s family prosper and establish a competency; to build up; to grow and thrive; to make one's fortune, name, etc.
trad. (白手起家)		白手	起家
simp. ^#(白手起家)		白手	起家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báishǒuqǐjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sau² hei² gaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báishǒuqǐjiā [Phonetic: báishóuqǐjiā]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báishǒucǐjia
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-shou³-chʻi³-chia¹
  - Yale: bái-shǒu-chǐ-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshoouchiijia
  - Palladius: байшоуцицзя (bajšouciczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ sau² hei² gaa¹
  - Yale: baahk sáu héi gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sau² hei² gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ seo² héi² ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Idiom

白手起家

to go from rags to riches; to start an enterprise from scratch; to build up from nothing; to start from scratch

Synonyms

白手成家 (báishǒuchéngjiā)
白手興家／白手兴家 (báishǒuxīngjiā)

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