一盞茶工夫

See also: 一盏茶工夫

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	M for lamp	tea; tea plant	time and effort taken to perform a task; work
trad. (一盞茶工夫)		一	盞	茶	工夫
simp. (一盏茶工夫)		一	盏	茶	工夫
Literally: “a cup of tea's worth of time”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīzhǎn chá gōngfu, yīzhǎn chá gōngfū

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄓㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄧㄓㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zaan² caa⁴ gung¹ fu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīzhǎn chá gōngfu [Phonetic: yìzhǎn chá gōngfu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄓㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1jaan char gong.fu
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰa̠³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīzhǎn chá gōngfū [Phonetic: yìzhǎn chá gōngfū]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄓㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1jaan char gongfu
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰa̠³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ zaan² caa⁴ gung¹ fu¹
  - Yale: yāt jáan chàh gūng fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzaan² tsaa⁴ gung¹ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ zan² ca⁴ gung¹ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɑːn³⁵ t͡sʰɑː²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Idiom

一盞茶工夫

within a short period of time

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