萬般皆下品，惟有讀書高

Chinese

		all; every; various all; every; various; different kinds of; utterly; extremely	all; each and every; in all cases	of a poor quality; of an inferior grade; substandard product of a poor quality; of an inferior grade; substandard product; poor-quality product; defective good			to read books; to study	high; tall
trad. (萬般皆下品，惟有讀書高)		萬般	皆	下品	，	惟有	讀書	高
simp. (万般皆下品，惟有读书高)		万般	皆	下品	，	惟有	读书	高
alternative forms		萬般皆下品，唯有讀書高／万般皆下品，唯有读书高

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànbān jiē xiàpǐn, wéiyǒu dúshū gāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ , ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ bun¹ gaai¹ haa⁶ ban², wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁶ syu¹ gou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànbān jiē xiàpǐn, wéiyǒu dúshū gāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ , ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànban jie siàpǐn, wéiyǒu dúshu gao
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-pan¹ chieh¹ hsia⁴-pʻin³, wei²-yu³ tu²-shu¹ kao¹
    • Yale: wàn-bān jyē syà-pǐn-, wéi-yǒu dú-shū gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannban jie shiahpiin, weiyeou dwushu gau
    • Palladius: ваньбань цзе сяпинь, вэйю душу гао (vanʹbanʹ cze sjapinʹ, vɛjju dušu gao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ bun¹ gaai¹ haa⁶ ban², wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁶ syu¹ gou¹
    • Yale: maahn būn gāai hah bán, wàih yáuh duhk syū gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ bun¹ gaai¹ haa⁶ ban², wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁹ sy¹ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ bun¹ gai¹ ha⁶ ben², wei⁴ yeo⁵ dug⁶ xu¹ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² puːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵ haː²² pɐn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

萬般皆下品，惟有讀書高

1. All trades and occupations are inferior and only studying is superior