白手起家
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Contents
1
Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Idiom
1.2.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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with
bare
hands
; being
empty-handed
; from
nothing
with
bare
hands
; being
empty-handed
; from
nothing
; from
scratch
to make one’s
family
prosper
and
establish
a
competency
; to
build up
; to
grow
and
thrive
to make one’s
family
prosper
and
establish
a
competency
; to
build up
; to
grow
and
thrive
; to
make
one's
fortune
,
name
, etc.
trad.
(
白手起家
)
白手
起家
simp.
#
(
白手起家
)
白手
起家
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
báishǒuqǐjiā
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
baak
6
sau
2
hei
2
gaa
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
báishǒuqǐjiā
[Phonetic: bái
shóu
qǐjiā]
Zhuyin
:
ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
báishǒucǐjia
Wade–Giles
:
pai
2
-shou
3
-chʻi
3
-chia
1
Yale
:
bái-shǒu-chǐ-jyā
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
bairshoouchiijia
Palladius
:
байшоуцицзя
(bajšouciczja)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
baak
6
sau
2
hei
2
gaa
1
Yale
:
baahk sáu héi g
ā
Cantonese Pinyin
:
baak
9
sau
2
hei
2
gaa
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
bag
6
seo
2
héi
2
ga
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/paːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³⁵ kaː
⁵⁵
/
Idiom
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白手起家
to go
from rags to riches
; to
start
an
enterprise
from
scratch
; to
build up
from
nothing
; to
start from scratch
Synonyms
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]
白手成家
(
báishǒuchéngjiā
)
Categories
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Chinese lemmas
Mandarin lemmas
Cantonese lemmas
Chinese four-character idioms
Mandarin four-character idioms
Cantonese four-character idioms
Chinese idioms
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Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
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