終身大事

Chinese

		all one's life; one's lifetime	important matter; big deal; major event important matter; big deal; major event; great thing
trad. (終身大事)		終身	大事
simp. (终身大事)		终身	大事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngshēndàshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄣ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ san¹ daai⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngshēndàshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄣ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongshendàshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-shên¹-ta⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jūng-shēn-dà-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshendahshyh
    • Palladius: чжуншэньдаши (čžunšɛnʹdaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ san¹ daai⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: jūng sān daaih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ san¹ daai⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sen¹ dai⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ taːi̯²² siː²²/

Idiom

終身大事

1. big event in one's life (usually referring to marriage)