慢工出細活

Chinese

		slow	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (慢工出細活)		慢	工	出	細	活
simp. (慢工出细活)		慢	工	出	细	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màngōng chū xìhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màngōng chū xìhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màngong chu sìhuó
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-kung¹ chʻu¹ hsi⁴-huo²
    • Yale: màn-gūng chū syì-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: manngong chu shihhwo
    • Palladius: маньгун чу сихо (manʹgun ču sixo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màngōngchūxìhuór
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màngongchusìhuór
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-kung¹-chʻu¹-hsi⁴-huo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: màn-gūng-chū-syì-hwór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: manngongchushihhwol
    • Palladius: маньгунчусихор (manʹgunčusixor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/

Proverb

慢工出細活

1. slow and meticulous work leads to fine quality; soft fire makes sweet malt; slow and steady wins the race

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 慢工出細活 (“slow and meticulous work leads to fine quality”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		慢工出細活
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	慢工出細活
Cantonese	Guangzhou	慢工出細貨
	Hong Kong	慢工出細貨