聽君一席話，勝讀十年書

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	a bit of a conversation		victorious; able to do; competent enough to	to read; to study; comma to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause	ten years; decade	book; letter
trad. (聽君一席話，勝讀十年書)		聽	君	一席話	，	勝	讀	十年	書
simp. (听君一席话，胜读十年书)		听	君	一席话	，	胜	读	十年	书

Etymology

Attested in Zengguang Xianwen (增廣賢文) in a similar form.

同君一席話，勝讀十年書。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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同君一席话，胜读十年书。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 增廣賢文

Tóng jūn yīxíhuà, shèng dú shínián shū. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīng jūn yīxíhuà, shèng dú shínián shū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ , ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting³ gwan¹ jat¹ zik⁶ waa⁶, sing³ duk⁶ sap⁶ nin⁴ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīng jūn yīxíhuà, shèng dú shínián shū [Phonetic: tīng jūn yìxíhuà, shèng dú shínián shū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ , ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ting jyun yisíhuà, shèng dú shíhnián shu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹ chün¹ i¹-hsi²-hua⁴, shêng⁴ tu² shih²-nien² shu¹
    • Yale: tīng jyūn yī-syí-hwà-, shèng dú shŕ-nyán shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ting jiun ishyihuah, shenq dwu shyrnian shu
    • Palladius: тин цзюнь исихуа, шэн ду шинянь шу (tin czjunʹ isixua, šɛn du šinjanʹ šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tu³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting³ gwan¹ jat¹ zik⁶ waa⁶, sing³ duk⁶ sap⁶ nin⁴ syu¹
    • Yale: ting gwān yāt jihk wah, sing duhk sahp nìhn syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting³ gwan¹ jat⁷ dzik⁹ waa⁶, sing³ duk⁹ sap⁹ nin⁴ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting³ guen¹ yed¹ jig⁶ wa⁶, xing³ dug⁶ seb⁶ nin⁴ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ³³ kʷɐn⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚² waː²² sɪŋ³³ tʊk̚² sɐp̚² niːn²¹ syː⁵⁵/

Proverb

聽君一席話，勝讀十年書

1. Listening to the words of a wise person is superior to ten years of studying.