爭分奪秒

Chinese

		struggle; fight	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	rob; snatch	(a measure word); second
trad. (爭分奪秒)		爭	分	奪	秒
simp. (争分夺秒)		争	分	夺	秒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngfēnduómiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ fan¹ dyut⁶ miu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngfēnduómiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengfenduómiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-fên¹-to²-miao³
    • Yale: jēng-fēn-dwó-myǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengfendwomeau
    • Palladius: чжэнфэньдомяо (čžɛnfɛnʹdomjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ fan¹ dyut⁶ miu⁵
    • Yale: jāng fān dyuht míuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ fan¹ dyt⁹ miu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ fen¹ düd⁶ miu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ tyːt̚² miːu̯¹³/

Idiom

爭分奪秒

1. to seize every minute; to race against time