積習難改

Chinese

		to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	to practise; to study; habit	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
trad. (積習難改)		積	習	難	改
simp. (积习难改)		积	习	难	改

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīxínángǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ zaap⁶ naan⁴ goi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīxínángǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jisínángǎi
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-hsi²-nan²-kai³
    • Yale: jī-syí-nán-gǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jishyinangae
    • Palladius: цзисинаньгай (czisinanʹgaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵ nän³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ zaap⁶ naan⁴ goi²
    • Yale: jīk jaahp nàahn gói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ dzaap⁹ naan⁴ goi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ zab⁶ nan⁴ goi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ t͡saːp̚² naːn²¹ kɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

積習難改

1. established habits are difficult to change