擇日不如撞日

Chinese

		to select an auspicious day	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	to hit; to strike; to meet by accident to hit; to strike; to meet by accident; to run into; to bump against; to bump into	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (擇日不如撞日)		擇日	不如	撞	日
simp. (择日不如撞日)		择日	不如	撞	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zérì bùrú zhuàng rì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶ jat^6-2 bat¹ jyu⁴ zong⁶ jat^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zérì bùrú zhuàng rì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zérìh bùrú jhuàng rìh
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²-jih⁴ pu⁴-ju² chuang⁴ jih⁴
    • Yale: dzé-r̀ bù-rú jwàng r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzerryh buru juanq ryh
    • Palladius: цзэжи бужу чжуан жи (czɛži bužu čžuan ži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶ jat^6-2 bat¹ jyu⁴ zong⁶ jat^6-2
    • Yale: jaahk yát bāt yùh johng yát
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹ jat^9-2 bat⁷ jy⁴ dzong⁶ jat^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶ yed^6-2 bed¹ yu⁴ zong⁶ yed^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚² jɐt̚²⁻³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ t͡sɔːŋ²² jɐt̚²⁻³⁵/

Phrase

擇日不如撞日

1. “to pick a date is not as good as to encounter a date”; it's better to do it now; there's no time like the present