先撩者賤

See also: 先撩者贱

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	stitch; take; tease stitch; take; tease; lift up (skirt); pull up (sleeve)	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	inexpensive; lowly
trad. (先撩者賤)		先	撩	者	賤
simp. (先撩者贱)		先	撩	者	贱

Etymology

The first line of the Cantonese proverb 先撩者賤，打死無怨.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānliáozhějiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ liu⁴ ze² zin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānliáozhějiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianliáojhějiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-liao²-chê³-chien⁴
    • Yale: syān-lyáu-jě-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianliaujeejiann
    • Palladius: сяньляочжэцзянь (sjanʹljaočžɛczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ liu⁴ ze² zin⁶
    • Yale: sīn lìuh jé jihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ liu⁴ dze² dzin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ liu⁴ zé² jin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ liːu̯²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ t͡siːn²²/

Proverb

先撩者賤

1. The person who provokes or fights first is always wrong.

Related terms

• 先撩者賤，打死無怨