異曲同工

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (異曲同工)		異	曲	同	工
simp. (异曲同工)		异	曲	同	工
alternative forms		同工異曲／同工异曲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìqǔtónggōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄑㄩˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ kuk¹ tung⁴ gung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ī-khiok-tông-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìqǔtónggōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄑㄩˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìcyǔtónggong
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-chʻü³-tʻung²-kung¹
    • Yale: yì-chyǔ-túng-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihcheutornggong
    • Palladius: ицюйтунгун (icjujtungun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ kuk¹ tung⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: yih kūk tùhng gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ kuk⁷ tung⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ kug¹ tung⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² kʰʊk̚⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī-khiok-tông-kong
    • Tâi-lô: ī-khiok-tông-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ixqiokdongkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²²⁻²¹ kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻²² kʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²⁻²¹ kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tɔŋ¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i³³⁻²¹ kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

異曲同工

1. different approaches but equally satisfactory results

Derived terms

• 異曲同工之妙／异曲同工之妙