成者王侯敗者寇

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	princes and marquises; royalty and nobility	be defeated; to defeat; loss	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	bandit
trad. (成者王侯敗者寇)		成	者	王侯	敗	者	寇
simp. (成者王侯败者寇)		成	者	王侯	败	者	寇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng zhě wánghóu bài zhě kòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˊ ㄅㄞˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄎㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéng zhě wánghóu bài zhě kòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˊ ㄅㄞˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéng jhě wánghóu bài jhě kòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng² chê³ wang²-hou² pai⁴ chê³ kʻou⁴
    • Yale: chéng jě wáng-hóu bài jě kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng jee wanghour bay jee kow
    • Palladius: чэн чжэ ванхоу бай чжэ коу (čɛn čžɛ vanxou baj čžɛ kou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/

Proverb

成者王侯敗者寇

1. Alternative form of 成者為王，敗者為寇／成者为王，败者为寇 (chéng zhě wéi wáng, bài zhě wéi kòu)