略勝一籌

Chinese

		plan; strategy; outline plan; strategy; outline; summary; slightly; rather; to rob; to plunder; to summarize	victorious; able to do; competent enough to	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a tally; counter; ticket a tally; counter; ticket; plan; devise; manage
trad. (略勝一籌)		略	勝	一	籌
simp. (略胜一筹)		略	胜	一	筹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lüèshèngyīchóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩㄝˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄧ ㄔㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loek⁶ sing³ jat¹ cau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k-sèng-it-tiû / lia̍k-sèng-it-tiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lüèshèngyīchóu [Phonetic: lüèshèngyìchóu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄝˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄧ ㄔㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuèshèngyichóu
    • Wade–Giles: lüeh⁴-shêng⁴-i¹-chʻou²
    • Yale: lywè-shèng-yī-chóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuehshenqichour
    • Palladius: люэшэнъичоу (ljuešɛnʺičou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loek⁶ sing³ jat¹ cau⁴
    • Yale: leuhk sing yāt chàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loek⁹ sing³ jat⁷ tsau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêg⁶ xing³ yed¹ ceo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːk̚² sɪŋ³³ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-sèng-it-tiû
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k-sìng-it-tiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liogseang'itdiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ it̚³²⁻⁴ tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ it̚³²⁻⁴ tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ tiu²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-sèng-it-tiû
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k-sìng-it-tiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liagseang'itdiuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liak̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ tiu²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liak̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ it̚³²⁻⁴ tiu²⁴/

Idiom

略勝一籌

1. to be a notch above; to be (slightly) superior