早聞道，夕死可矣

See also: 早闻道，夕死可矣

Chinese

		early; morning	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk		dusk; evening	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	final particle
trad. (早聞道，夕死可矣)		早	聞	道	，	夕	死	可	矣
simp. (早闻道，夕死可矣)		早	闻	道	，	夕	死	可	矣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ, zǎo wén dào, xì sǐ kě yǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄒㄧㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ, ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄒㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² man⁴ dou⁶, zik⁶ sei² ho² ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ [Phonetic: zǎowéndào,xīsíkéyǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄒㄧㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo wún dào, si sǐh kě yǐ
  - Wade–Giles: tsao³ wên² tao⁴, hsi¹ ssŭ³ kʻo³ i³
  - Yale: dzǎu wén dàu-, syī sž kě yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao wen daw, shi syy kee yii
  - Palladius: цзао вэнь дао, си сы кэ и (czao vɛnʹ dao, si sy kɛ i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo wén dào, xì sǐ kě yǐ [Phonetic: zǎowéndào,xìsíkéyǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄒㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo wún dào, sì sǐh kě yǐ
  - Wade–Giles: tsao³ wên² tao⁴, hsi⁴ ssŭ³ kʻo³ i³
  - Yale: dzǎu wén dàu-, syì sž kě yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao wen daw, shih syy kee yii
  - Palladius: цзао вэнь дао, си сы кэ и (czao vɛnʹ dao, si sy kɛ i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² man⁴ dou⁶, zik⁶ sei² ho² ji⁵
  - Yale: jóu màhn douh, jihk séi hó yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² man⁴ dou⁶, dzik⁹ sei² ho² ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² men⁴ dou⁶, jig⁶ séi² ho² yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ mɐn²¹ tou̯²² t͡sɪk̚² sei̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ jiː¹³/

Idiom

早聞道，夕死可矣

Alternative form of 朝聞道，夕死可矣 / 朝闻道，夕死可矣 (zhāo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ)