節衣縮食

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (節衣縮食)		節	衣	縮	食
simp. (节衣缩食)		节	衣	缩	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéyīsuōshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄧ ㄙㄨㄛ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ ji¹ suk¹ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéyīsuōshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄧ ㄙㄨㄛ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéyisuoshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-i¹-so¹-shih²
    • Yale: jyé-yī-swō-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeisuoshyr
    • Palladius: цзеисоши (czeisoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ i⁵⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ ji¹ suk¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: jit yī sūk sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ ji¹ suk⁷ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ yi¹ sug¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ jiː⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵ sɪk̚²/

Verb

節衣縮食

1. to save money by reducing daily expenses