皇天不負苦心人

See also: 皇天不负苦心人

Chinese

		the great and almighty heavens above; oh my God	not; no	lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)	pains; efforts; hard work pains; efforts; hard work; with strenuous efforts; painstakingly	man; person; people
trad. (皇天不負苦心人)		皇天	不	負	苦心	人
simp. (皇天不负苦心人)		皇天	不	负	苦心	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángtiān bù fù kǔxīn rén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ tin¹ bat¹ fu⁶ fu² sam¹ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fòng-thiên put fu khú-sîm ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-thian put hū khó͘-sim jîn / hông-thian put hū khó͘-sim lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángtiān bù fù kǔxīn rén [Phonetic: huángtiān bú fù kǔxīn rén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángtian bù fù kǔsin rén
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-tʻien¹ pu⁴ fu⁴ kʻu³-hsin¹ jên²
    • Yale: hwáng-tyān bù fù kǔ-syīn rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangtian bu fuh kuushin ren
    • Palladius: хуантянь бу фу кусинь жэнь (xuantjanʹ bu fu kusinʹ žɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fu⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ tin¹ bat¹ fu⁶ fu² sam¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: wòhng tīn bāt fuh fú sām yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ tin¹ bat⁷ fu⁶ fu² sam¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ tin¹ bed¹ fu⁶ fu² sem¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fuː²² fuː³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng-thiên put fu khú-sîm ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˇ tien^ˊ bud^ˋ fu ku^ˋ xim^ˊ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong² tian¹ bud⁵ fu⁴ ku³ xim¹ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴ put̚² fu⁵⁵ kʰu³¹ sim²⁴ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-thian put hū khó͘-sim jîn
    • Tâi-lô: hông-thian put hū khóo-sim jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongtiefn pud hu qofsym jiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ hu³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-thian put hū khó͘-sim lîn
    • Tâi-lô: hông-thian put hū khóo-sim lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongtiefn pud hu qofsym liin
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ hu³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/

Proverb

皇天不負苦心人

1. Heaven helps those who help themselves; Providence doesn't let down a man who does his best.

Synonyms

• 皇天不負有心人／皇天不负有心人