三百六十行，行行出狀元

Chinese

			to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	zhuangyuan, someone who was ranked first class in the palace examination, the highest level of the Chinese imperial examination; champion
trad. (三百六十行，行行出狀元)		三百六十	行	，	行	行	出	狀元
simp. (三百六十行，行行出状元)		三百六十	行	，	行	行	出	状元

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānbǎi liùshí háng, hángháng chū zhuàngyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄤˊ , ㄏㄤˊ ㄏㄤˊ ㄔㄨ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ baak³ luk⁶ sap⁶ hong⁴, hong⁴ hong⁴ ceot¹ zong⁶ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-pah la̍k-cha̍p hâng, hâng-hâng chhut chiōng-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānbǎi liùshí háng, hángháng chū zhuàngyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄤˊ , ㄏㄤˊ ㄏㄤˊ ㄔㄨ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanbǎi liòushíh háng, hángháng chu jhuàngyuán
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-pai³ liu⁴-shih² hang², hang²-hang² chʻu¹ chuang⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: sān-bǎi lyòu-shŕ háng-, háng-háng chū jwàng-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanbae liowshyr harng, harngharng chu juanqyuan
    • Palladius: саньбай люши хан, ханхан чу чжуанъюань (sanʹbaj ljuši xan, xanxan ču čžuanʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xɑŋ³⁵ xɑŋ³⁵ xɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ baak³ luk⁶ sap⁶ hong⁴, hong⁴ hong⁴ ceot¹ zong⁶ jyun⁴
    • Yale: sāam baak luhk sahp hòhng, hòhng hòhng chēut johng yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ baak⁸ luk⁹ sap⁹ hong⁴, hong⁴ hong⁴ tsoet⁷ dzong⁶ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ bag³ lug⁶ seb⁶ hong⁴, hong⁴ hong⁴ cêd¹ zong⁶ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ paːk̚³ lʊk̚² sɐp̚² hɔːŋ²¹ hɔːŋ²¹ hɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ²² jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-pah la̍k-cha̍p hâng, hâng-hâng chhut chiōng-goân
    • Tâi-lô: sann-pah la̍k-tsa̍p hâng, hâng-hâng tshut tsiōng-guân
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lak̚⁴⁻³² t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² haŋ²³ haŋ²³⁻³³ haŋ²³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ɡuan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lak̚⁴⁻³² t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² haŋ²⁴ haŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ haŋ²⁴ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴/

Proverb

三百六十行，行行出狀元

1. One can become successful with accomplishment in any industry or profession