適可而止

Chinese

		to fit; to suit	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (適可而止)		適	可	而	止
simp. (适可而止)		适	可	而	止
alternative forms		skr而止 slang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìkě'érzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄦˊ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ ho² ji⁴ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-khó-lî-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìkě'érzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄦˊ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhkě-érjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-kʻo³-êrh²-chih³
    • Yale: shr̀-kě-ér-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhkeeerljyy
    • Palladius: шикээрчжи (šikɛerčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ ho² ji⁴ zi²
    • Yale: sīk hó yìh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ ho² ji⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ho² yi⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-khó-lî-chí
    • Tâi-lô: sik-khó-lî-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekqoylicie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/

Idiom

適可而止

1. to stop when appropriate; not to overdo; enough is enough