積少成多

Chinese

		to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	young; few; little young; few; little; lack	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (積少成多)		積	少	成	多
simp. (积少成多)		积	少	成	多

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīshǎochéngduō

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄕㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ siu² sing⁴ do¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīshǎochéngduō
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄕㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jishǎochéngduo
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-shao³-chʻêng²-to¹
  - Yale: jī-shǎu-chéng-dwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jishaocherngduo
  - Palladius: цзишаочэндо (czišaočɛndo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik¹ siu² sing⁴ do¹
  - Yale: jīk síu sìhng dō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ siu² sing⁴ do¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ xiu² xing⁴ do¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ tɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

積少成多

to accumulate little by little; many small things add to something great

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 抾零就總／抾零就总

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