得來不易

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	to come	not; no	change; easy; simple
trad. (得來不易)		得	來	不	易
simp. (得来不易)		得	来	不	易

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): déláibùyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ loi⁴ bat¹ ji⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tit-lâi-put-ī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: déláibùyì [Phonetic: déláibúyì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: déláibùyì
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-lai²-pu⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: dé-lái-bù-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derlaibuyih
    • Palladius: дэлайбуи (dɛlajbui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ loi⁴ bat¹ ji⁶
    • Yale: dāk lòih bāt yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ loi⁴ bat⁷ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ loi⁴ bed¹ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tit-lâi-put-ī
    • Tâi-lô: tit-lâi-put-ī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ditlai'put'i
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ lai²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ i²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ lai²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tit̚³²⁻⁵ lai¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ i²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ i³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ lai²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ i³³/

Idiom

得來不易

1. hard-earned; to have been obtained with a great deal of effort