積少成多

Chinese

		to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	young; few; little young; few; little; lack	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (積少成多)		積	少	成	多
simp. (积少成多)		积	少	成	多

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīshǎochéngduō

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄕㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ siu² sing⁴ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīshǎochéngduō
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄕㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jishǎochéngduo
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-shao³-chʻêng²-to¹
    • Yale: jī-shǎu-chéng-dwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jishaocherngduo
    • Palladius: цзишаочэндо (czišaočɛndo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ siu² sing⁴ do¹
    • Yale: jīk síu sìhng dō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ siu² sing⁴ do¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ xiu² xing⁴ do¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ tɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

積少成多

1. to accumulate little by little; many small things add to something great

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 抾零就總／抾零就总