十藝九不成
Chinese
| ten | skill; art | nine | not; no | finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (十藝九不成) | 十 | 藝 | 九 | 不 | 成 | |
| simp. (十艺九不成) | 十 | 艺 | 九 | 不 | 成 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍p-gē-kiú-put-sêng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍p-gē-kiú-put-sêng
- Tâi-lô: si̍p-gē-kiú-put-sîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: sibgexkiw'putseeng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sip̚²⁴⁻² ɡe⁴¹⁻²² kiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡe²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /sip̚⁴⁻³² ɡe²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Idiom
十藝九不成
- (Hokkien) to be a jack of all trades, master of none