做一天和尚撞一天鐘

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	one day; the entire daytime of one day	preceptor; high priest; head monk preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk	to hit; to strike; to meet by accident to hit; to strike; to meet by accident; to run into; to bump against; to bump into	one day; the entire daytime of one day	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (做一天和尚撞一天鐘)		做	一天	和尚	撞	一天	鐘
simp. (做一天和尚撞一天钟)		做	一天	和尚	撞	一天	钟
Literally: “to toll the bell for as long as one is a monk”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò yītiān héshang zhuàng yītiān zhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ jat¹ tin¹ wo⁴ soeng^6-2 zong⁶ jat¹ tin¹ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò yītiān héshang zhuàng yītiān zhōng [Phonetic: zuò yìtiān héshang zhuàng yìtiān zhōng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄕㄤ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò yitian héshång jhuàng yitian jhong
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴ i¹-tʻien¹ ho²-shang⁵ chuang⁴ i¹-tʻien¹ chung¹
    • Yale: dzwò yī-tyān hé-shang jwàng yī-tyān jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh itian her.shang juanq itian jong
    • Palladius: цзо итянь хэшан чжуан итянь чжун (czo itjanʹ xɛšan čžuan itjanʹ čžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʂɑŋ³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ jat¹ tin¹ wo⁴ soeng^6-2 zong⁶ jat¹ tin¹ zung¹
    • Yale: jouh yāt tīn wòh séung johng yāt tīn jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ jat⁷ tin¹ wo⁴ soeng^6-2 dzong⁶ jat⁷ tin¹ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ yed¹ tin¹ wo⁴ sêng^6-2 zong⁶ yed¹ tin¹ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² jɐt̚⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ wɔː²¹ sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵ t͡sɔːŋ²² jɐt̚⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

做一天和尚撞一天鐘

1. to do the least that is expected; to do the absolute minimum; to not put oneself out