一日之計在於晨

Chinese

		one day; another day in the future	's; him/her/it; this	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan	to lie in; to be in; to be situated at to lie in; to be in; to be situated at; to be determined by; to hinge upon; to depend upon; to rest with	morning; dawn; daybreak
trad. (一日之計在於晨)		一日	之	計	在於	晨
simp. (一日之计在于晨)		一日	之	计	在于	晨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīrìzhījìzàiyúchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄣˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīrìzhījìzàiyúchén [Phonetic: yírìzhījìzàiyúchén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yirìhjhihjìzàiyúchén
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-jih⁴-chih¹-chi⁴-tsai⁴-yü²-chʻên²
    • Yale: yī-r̀-jr̄-jì-dzài-yú-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iryhjyjihtzayyuchern
    • Palladius: ижичжицзицзайюйчэнь (ižičžicziczajjujčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jat⁶ zi¹ gai³ zoi⁶ jyu¹ san⁴
    • Yale: yāt yaht jī gai joih yū sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jat⁹ dzi¹ gai³ dzoi⁶ jy¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yed⁶ ji¹ gei³ zoi⁶ yu¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³ t͡sɔːi̯²² jyː⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

Proverb

一日之計在於晨

1. Early morning is the most precious period of time in a day; Make one's plan for the day in the early morning

Related terms

• 一年之計在於春／一年之计在于春 (yī nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn)
• 一年之計在於春，一日之計在於晨／一年之计在于春，一日之计在于晨 (yī nián zhī jì zàiyú chūn, yī rì zhī jì zàiyú chén)