船到橋頭自然直

See also: 船到桥头自然直

Chinese

		a boat; vessel; ship	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	bridgehead; Ciaotou	nature; the natural world; natural nature; the natural world; natural; of or relating to nature	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
trad. (船到橋頭自然直)		船	到	橋頭	自然	直
simp. (船到桥头自然直)		船	到	桥头	自然	直
Literally: “When the boat gets to the bridgehead, it will naturally straighten itself out.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuán dào qiáotóu zìrán zhí

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ dou³ kiu⁴ tau⁴ zi⁶ jin⁴ zik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuán dào qiáotóu zìrán zhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuán dào ciáotóu zìhrán jhíh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuan² tao⁴ chʻiao²-tʻou² tzŭ⁴-jan² chih²
  - Yale: chwán dàu chyáu-tóu dz̀-rán jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwan daw chyautour tzyhran jyr
  - Palladius: чуань дао цяотоу цзыжань чжи (čuanʹ dao cjaotou czyžanʹ čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun⁴ dou³ kiu⁴ tau⁴ zi⁶ jin⁴ zik⁶
  - Yale: syùhn dou kìuh tàuh jih yìhn jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ dou³ kiu⁴ tau⁴ dzi⁶ jin⁴ dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ dou³ kiu⁴ teo⁴ ji⁶ yin⁴ jig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ tou̯³³ kʰiːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː²² jiːn²¹ t͡sɪk̚²/

Proverb

船到橋頭自然直

(figurative) we'll cross that bridge when we come to it; everything will eventually be settled in the end

Synonyms

車到山前必有路／车到山前必有路 (chēdàoshānqiánbìyǒulù)

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