士農工商

See also: 士农工商

Chinese

		scholar; warrior; knight	agriculture	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	commerce; consult
trad. (士農工商)		士	農	工	商
simp. (士农工商)		士	农	工	商

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìnónggōngshāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ nung⁴ gung¹ soeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-nùng-kûng-sông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-lông-kong-siong / sū-lông-kang-siong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìnónggōngshāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhnónggongshang
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-nung²-kung¹-shang¹
    • Yale: shr̀-núng-gūng-shāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhnonggongshang
    • Palladius: шинунгуншан (šinungunšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ nʊŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ nung⁴ gung¹ soeng¹
    • Yale: sih nùhng gūng sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ nung⁴ gung¹ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ nung⁴ gung¹ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² nʊŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-nùng-kûng-sông
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii nungˇ gung´ song´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ nung² gung¹ song¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ nuŋ¹¹ kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ soŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-lông-kong-siong
    • Tâi-lô: sū-lông-kong-siong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxlongkongsiofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ lɔŋ²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ lɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-lông-kang-siong
    • Tâi-lô: sū-lông-kang-siong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxlongkangsiofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ lɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ lɔŋ²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

士農工商

1. the four occupations of ancient China: scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants

   • 只見街坊上，士農工商，文人墨客，愚夫俗子，齊咳咳都道：「看拋繡球去也！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     只见街坊上，士农工商，文人墨客，愚夫俗子，齐咳咳都道：「看抛绣球去也！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Zhǐ jiàn jiēfāng shàng, shìnónggōngshāng, wénrén mòkè, yúfū súzǐ, qí háihái dōu dào: “Kàn pāoxiùqiú qù yě!” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 住一陣人真正善良，面上攏帶著笑容，安份守己，士農工商，彼就是我的故鄉。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     住一阵人真正善良，面上拢带着笑容，安份守己，士农工商，彼就是我的故乡。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1991, 葉啟田 (Yeh Chi-tien), 故鄉

     Tòa chi̍t tīn lâng chin-chiàⁿ siān-liông, bīn-siōng lóng tòa-tio̍h chhiò-iông, an-hūn-siú-kí, sū-lông-kang-siong, he chiū-sī góa ê kò͘-hiong. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     There lives a very kind crowd, their faces all smiling. They each do their own duty, whether being a scholar, farmer, artisan or merchant. That is my homeland.

   • 士農工商，人人是英雄。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     士农工商，人人是英雄。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2013, 許富凱, 人在做天在看

     Sū-lông-kong-siong, jîn-jîn sī eng-hiông. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Scholar, farmer, artisan or merchant, everyone is a hero.