一滴精十滴血

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a drop; to drip	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	ten	a drop; to drip	blood
trad. (一滴精十滴血)		一	滴	精	十	滴	血
simp. #(一滴精十滴血)		一	滴	精	十	滴	血
alternative forms		一滴精，十滴血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīdījīngshídīxuè, yīdījīngshídīxuě, yīdījīngshídīxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˊ ㄉㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄧ ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˊ ㄉㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄧ ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˊ ㄉㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ dik⁶ zing¹ sap⁶ dik⁶ hyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīdījīngshídīxuè [Phonetic: yìdījīngshídīxuè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˊ ㄉㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yidijingshíhdisyuè
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ti¹-ching¹-shih²-ti¹-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: yī-dī-jīng-shŕ-dī-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idijingshyrdishiueh
    • Palladius: идицзиншидисюэ (idiczinšidisjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ti⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīdījīngshídīxuě [Phonetic: yìdījīngshídīxuě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˊ ㄉㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yidijingshíhdisyuě
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ti¹-ching¹-shih²-ti¹-hsüeh³
    • Yale: yī-dī-jīng-shŕ-dī-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idijingshyrdisheue
    • Palladius: идицзиншидисюэ (idiczinšidisjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ti⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīdījīngshídīxiě [Phonetic: yìdījīngshídīxiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˊ ㄉㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yidijingshíhdisiě
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-ti¹-ching¹-shih²-ti¹-hsieh³
    • Yale: yī-dī-jīng-shŕ-dī-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idijingshyrdishiee
    • Palladius: идицзиншидисе (idiczinšidise)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ti⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ dik⁶ zing¹ sap⁶ dik⁶ hyut³
    • Yale: yāt dihk jīng sahp dihk hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dik⁹ dzing¹ sap⁹ dik⁹ hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ dig⁶ jing¹ seb⁶ dig⁶ hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tɪk̚² t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐp̚² tɪk̚² hyːt̚³/

Proverb

一滴精十滴血

1. A drop of semen is equal to ten drops of blood; Semen is extremely precious and ejaculation leads to a loss of vitality