一年之計在於春，一日之計在於晨

Chinese

		the whole year's planning lies in the spring; early planning is the key to success		Early morning is the most precious period of time in a day; Make one's plan for the day in the early morning
trad. (一年之計在於春，一日之計在於晨)		一年之計在於春	，	一日之計在於晨
simp. (一年之计在于春，一日之计在于晨)		一年之计在于春	，	一日之计在于晨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn, yī rì zhī jì zàiyú chén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣ , ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ nin⁴ zi¹ gai³ zoi⁶ jyu¹ ceon¹, jat¹ jat⁶ zi¹ gai³ zoi⁶ jyu¹ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yī nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn, yī rì zhī jì zàiyú chén [Phonetic: yì nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn, yí rì zhī jì zàiyú chén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣ , ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi nián jhih jì zàiyú chun, yi rìh jhih jì zàiyú chén
    • Wade–Giles: i¹ nien² chih¹ chi⁴ tsai⁴-yü² chʻun¹, i¹ jih⁴ chih¹ chi⁴ tsai⁴-yü² chʻên²
    • Yale: yī nyán jr̄ jì dzài-yú chwūn-, yī r̀ jr̄ jì dzài-yú chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i nian jy jih tzayyu chuen, i ryh jy jih tzayyu chern
    • Palladius: и нянь чжи цзи цзайюй чунь, и жи чжи цзи цзайюй чэнь (i njanʹ čži czi czajjuj čunʹ, i ži čži czi czajjuj čɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ nin⁴ zi¹ gai³ zoi⁶ jyu¹ ceon¹, jat¹ jat⁶ zi¹ gai³ zoi⁶ jyu¹ san⁴
    • Yale: yāt nìhn jī gai joih yū chēun, yāt yaht jī gai joih yū sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ nin⁴ dzi¹ gai³ dzoi⁶ jy¹ tsoen¹, jat⁷ jat⁹ dzi¹ gai³ dzoi⁶ jy¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nin⁴ ji¹ gei³ zoi⁶ yu¹ cên¹, yed¹ yed⁶ ji¹ gei³ zoi⁶ yu¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ niːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³ t͡sɔːi̯²² jyː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³ t͡sɔːi̯²² jyː⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

Proverb

一年之計在於春，一日之計在於晨

1. (literally) The whole year's planning lies in the spring, and the whole day's planning lies in the morning
2. early planning is the key to success

See also

• 一(いち)日(にち)の計(けい)は朝(あした)にあり、一(いち)年(ねん)の計(けい)は元(がん)旦(たん)にあり (ichinichi no kei wa ashita ni ari, ichinen no kei wa gantan ni ari)