十個光頭九個富

Chinese

		ten	(a measure word); individual	bald head; shaved head; person with a bald head bald head; shaved head; person with a bald head; person with a shaved head	nine	(a measure word); individual	rich; abundant; to enrich rich; abundant; to enrich; resource
trad. (十個光頭九個富)		十	個	光頭	九	個	富
simp. (十个光头九个富)		十	个	光头	九	个	富

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí ge guāngtóu jiǔ ge fù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ go³ gwong¹ tau⁴ gau² go³ fu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí ge guāngtóu jiǔ ge fù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh ge̊ guangtóu jiǒu ge̊ fù
    • Wade–Giles: shih² ko⁵ kuang¹-tʻou² chiu³ ko⁵ fu⁴
    • Yale: shŕ ge gwāng-tóu jyǒu ge fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr .ge guangtour jeou .ge fuh
    • Palladius: ши гэ гуантоу цзю гэ фу (ši gɛ guantou czju gɛ fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ g̊ə³ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ go³ gwong¹ tau⁴ gau² go³ fu³
    • Yale: sahp go gwōng tàuh gáu go fu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ go³ gwong¹ tau⁴ gau² go³ fu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ go³ guong¹ teo⁴ geo² go³ fu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² kɔː³³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɐu̯³⁵ kɔː³³ fuː³³/

Proverb

十個光頭九個富

1. Nine out of ten bald-headed people are rich.