事不宜遲

See also: 事不宜迟

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	not suitable; inadvisable	late; delayed; slow
trad. (事不宜遲)		事	不宜	遲
simp. (事不宜迟)		事	不宜	迟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìbùyíchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ bat¹ ji⁴ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìbùyíchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbùyíchíh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-pu⁴-i²-chʻih²
    • Yale: shr̀-bù-yí-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbuyichyr
    • Palladius: шибуичи (šibuiči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ i³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ bat¹ ji⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: sih bāt yìh chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ bat⁷ ji⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bed¹ yi⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Idiom

事不宜遲

1. now is the time; the matter cannot be put off; it must be done right away