遲來先上岸

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	to come	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to go ashore; to make it, to land
trad. (遲來先上岸)		遲	來	先	上岸
simp. (迟来先上岸)		迟	来	先	上岸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chí lái xiān shàng'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ loi⁴ sin¹ soeng⁵ ngon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chí lái xiān shàng'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíh lái sian shàng-àn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih² lai² hsien¹ shang⁴-an⁴
    • Yale: chŕ lái syān shàng-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr lai shian shanqann
    • Palladius: чи лай сянь шанъань (či laj sjanʹ šanʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ loi⁴ sin¹ soeng⁵ ngon⁶
    • Yale: chìh lòih sīn séuhng ngohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ loi⁴ sin¹ soeng⁵ ngon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ loi⁴ xin¹ sêng⁵ ngon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ lɔːi̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³ ŋɔːn²²/

Idiom

遲來先上岸

1. last come, first served; those who come later in a queue are served first