百裡挑一

Chinese

		hundred	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	incite; carry on a pole; choose	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
trad. (百裡挑一/百裏挑一)		百	裡/裏	挑	一
simp. (百里挑一)		百	里	挑	一

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎilǐtiāoyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ leoi⁵ tiu¹ jat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎilǐtiāoyī [Phonetic: báilǐtiāoyī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎilǐtiaoyi
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-li³-tʻiao¹-i¹
    • Yale: bǎi-lǐ-tyāu-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baeliitiaui
    • Palladius: байлитяои (bajlitjaoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ leoi⁵ tiu¹ jat¹
    • Yale: baak léuih tīu yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ loey⁵ tiu¹ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ lêu⁵ tiu¹ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ lɵy̯¹³ tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

百裡挑一

1. one in a hundred; cream of the crop