只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針

Chinese

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Etymology

From a story about poet Li Bai, recorded in Fangyu Shenglan (《方輿勝覽》).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐyào gōngfu shēn, tiěchǔ mó chéng zhēn

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨㄕㄣ , ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jiu³ gung¹ fu¹ sam¹, tit³ cyu⁵ mo⁴ sing⁴ zam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐyào gōngfu shēn, tiěchǔ mó chéng zhēn [Phonetic: zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiéchǔmóchéngzhēn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨㄕㄣ , ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhyào gongfů shen, tiěchǔ mó chéng jhen
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-yao⁴ kung¹-fu⁵ shên¹, tʻieh³-chʻu³ mo² chʻêng² chên¹
  - Yale: jř-yàu gūng-fu shēn-, tyě-chǔ mwó chéng jēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyyaw gong.fu shen, tieechuu mo cherng jen
  - Palladius: чжияо гунфу шэнь, течу мо чэн чжэнь (čžijao gunfu šɛnʹ, teču mo čɛn čžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu² ʂən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² jiu³ gung¹ fu¹ sam¹, tit³ cyu⁵ mo⁴ sing⁴ zam¹
  - Yale: jí yiu gūng fū sām, tit chyúh mòh sìhng jām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jiu³ gung¹ fu¹ sam¹, tit⁸ tsy⁵ mo⁴ sing⁴ dzam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² yiu³ gung¹ fu¹ sem¹, tid³ qu⁵ mo⁴ xing⁴ zem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jiːu̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³ t͡ʃʰyː¹³ mɔː²¹ sɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/

Proverb

只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針

Diligence is the mother of success. / Practice makes perfect.

Descendants

→ Vietnamese: có công mài sắt có ngày nên kim (calque)

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