重賞之下必有勇夫

See also: 重赏之下必有勇夫

Chinese

		to reward generously; generous reward	below; under; beneath	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	brave man
trad. (重賞之下必有勇夫)		重賞	之下	必	有	勇夫
simp. (重赏之下必有勇夫)		重赏	之下	必	有	勇夫
Literally: “under a (promise of a) big reward, there will be a man of bravery”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngshǎng zhī xià bì yǒu yǒngfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄤˇ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄥˇ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁵ soeng² zi¹ haa⁶ bit¹ jau⁵ jung⁵ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngshǎng zhī xià bì yǒu yǒngfū [Phonetic: zhòngshǎngzhīxiàbìyóuyǒngfū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄤˇ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄥˇ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngshǎng jhih sià bì yǒu yǒngfu
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-shang³ chih¹ hsia⁴ pi⁴ yu³ yung³-fu¹
    • Yale: jùng-shǎng jr̄ syà bì yǒu yǔng-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqshaang jy shiah bih yeou yeongfu
    • Palladius: чжуншан чжи ся би ю юнфу (čžunšan čži sja bi ju junfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁵ soeng² zi¹ haa⁶ bit¹ jau⁵ jung⁵ fu¹
    • Yale: chúhng séung jī hah bīt yáuh yúhng fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁵ soeng² dzi¹ haa⁶ bit⁷ jau⁵ jung⁵ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁵ sêng² ji¹ ha⁶ bid¹ yeo⁵ yung⁵ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ¹³ sœːŋ³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ haː²² piːt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jʊŋ¹³ fuː⁵⁵/

Proverb

重賞之下必有勇夫

1. someone will always step forward if they think they will be rewarded; money talks