事倍功半
Chinese
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matter; thing; item; work; affair
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(two, three, etc) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
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merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
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half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
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!simp. and trad.
(事倍功半)
| 事
| 倍
| 功
| 半
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄢˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbeygongbann
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pa̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: si6 pui5 gung1 bun3
- Yale: sih púih gūng bun
- Cantonese Pinyin: si6 pui5 gung1 bun3
- Guangdong Romanization: xi6 pui5 gung1 bun3
- IPA (key): /siː²² pʰuːi̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ puːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-pōe-kong-pòaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: sū-puē-kong-puànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: suxpoexkongpvoax
- IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ pue²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻²² pue⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³ puã⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ pue²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ pue³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ puã¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ pue³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ puã²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
事倍功半
- to get half the result with twice the effort
Antonyms
- 事半功倍 (shìbàn-gōngbèi)
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