久病床前無孝子

Chinese

		(long) time; (long) duration of time	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	bed; couch; (a measure word)	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	not have	filial son; son in mourning
trad. (久病床前無孝子/久病牀前無孝子)		久	病	床/牀	前	無	孝子
simp. (久病床前无孝子)		久	病	床	前	无	孝子
Literally: “there is no filial son by the bedside of a chronically ill parent”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔ bìng chuáng qián wú xiàozǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔ bìng chuáng qián wú xiàozǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒu bìng chuáng cián wú siàozǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³ ping⁴ chʻuang² chʻien² wu² hsiao⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jyǒu bìng chwáng chyán wú syàu-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou binq chwang chyan wu shiawtzyy
    • Palladius: цзю бин чуан цянь у сяоцзы (czju bin čuan cjanʹ u sjaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ u³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

久病床前無孝子

1. Even a filial child will eventually be fed up with taking care of a bedridden and chronically ill parent