長命工夫長命做

Chinese

		long-lived; longevous	time and effort taken to perform a task; work	long-lived; longevous	to do; to make; to produce
trad. (長命工夫長命做)		長命	工夫	長命	做
simp. (长命工夫长命做)		长命	工夫	长命	做
Literally: “long-lasting tasks, one is long-lived to complete them”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ meng⁶ gung¹ fu¹ coeng⁴ meng⁶ zou⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ meng⁶ gung¹ fu¹ coeng⁴ meng⁶ zou⁶
    • Yale: chèuhng mehng gūng fū chèuhng mehng jouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ meng⁶ gung¹ fu¹ tsoeng⁴ meng⁶ dzou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ méng⁶ gung¹ fu¹ cêng⁴ méng⁶ zou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mɛːŋ²² kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mɛːŋ²² t͡sou̯²²/

Proverb

長命工夫長命做

1. (Cantonese) for tasks that take a long time to complete, one should do them slowly
2. (Cantonese) longer of life, more time to do infinite tasks