天行健，君子以自強不息

See also: 天行健，君子以自强不息

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	healthy		junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to strive to better oneself constantly and never slacken
trad. (天行健，君子以自強不息)		天	行	健	，	君子	以	自強不息
simp. (天行健，君子以自强不息)		天	行	健	，	君子	以	自强不息

Etymology

From the I Ching (易經).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxī, tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ hang⁴ gin⁶, gwan¹ zi² ji⁵ zi⁶ koeng⁴ bat¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxī [Phonetic: tiānxíngjiàn,jūnzíyǐzìqiángbùxī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tian síng jiàn, jyunzǐh yǐ zìhciángbùsi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ hsing² chien⁴, chün¹-tzŭ³ i³ tzŭ⁴-chʻiang²-pu⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: tyān syíng jyàn-, jyūn-dž yǐ dz̀-chyáng-bù-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian shyng jiann, jiuntzyy yii tzyhchyangbushi
    • Palladius: тянь син цзянь, цзюньцзы и цзыцянбуси (tjanʹ sin czjanʹ, czjunʹczy i czycjanbusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān xíng jiàn, jūnzǐ yǐ zìqiángbùxí [Phonetic: tiānxíngjiàn,jūnzíyǐzìqiángbùxí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tian síng jiàn, jyunzǐh yǐ zìhciángbùsí
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ hsing² chien⁴, chün¹-tzŭ³ i³ tzŭ⁴-chʻiang²-pu⁴-hsi²
    • Yale: tyān syíng jyàn-, jyūn-dž yǐ dz̀-chyáng-bù-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian shyng jiann, jiuntzyy yii tzyhchyangbushyi
    • Palladius: тянь син цзянь, цзюньцзы и цзыцянбуси (tjanʹ sin czjanʹ, czjunʹczy i czycjanbusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ hang⁴ gin⁶, gwan¹ zi² ji⁵ zi⁶ koeng⁴ bat¹ sik¹
    • Yale: tīn hàhng gihn, gwān jí yíh jih kèuhng bāt sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ hang⁴ gin⁶, gwan¹ dzi² ji⁵ dzi⁶ koeng⁴ bat⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ heng⁴ gin⁶, guen¹ ji² yi⁵ ji⁶ kêng⁴ bed¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹ kiːn²² kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ jiː¹³ t͡siː²² kʰœːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Proverb

天行健，君子以自強不息

1. Just as the celestial bodies never run out of energy to orbit round and round, so should we always strive to better ourselves.