一板三眼

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab	three	eye
trad. (一板三眼)		一	板	三	眼
simp. #(一板三眼)		一	板	三	眼
Literally: “one accented beat and three unaccented beats”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yībǎnsānyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄅㄢˇ ㄙㄢ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ baan² saam¹ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yībǎnsānyǎn [Phonetic: yìbǎnsānyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄢˇ ㄙㄢ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yibǎnsanyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-pan³-san¹-yen³
    • Yale: yī-bǎn-sān-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibaansanyean
    • Palladius: ибаньсаньянь (ibanʹsanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ baan² saam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: yāt báan sāam ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ baan² saam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ban² sam¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ paːn³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

一板三眼

1. Synonym of 一板一眼 (yībǎnyīyǎn, “scrupulous and methodical”)

See also

• 板眼 (bǎnyǎn)
• 有板有眼 (yǒubǎnyǒuyǎn)
• 一字一板 (yīzìyībǎn)