事半功倍
Chinese
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matter; thing; item; work; affair
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half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
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merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
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(two, three, etc) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
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!simp. and trad.
(事半功倍)
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| 半
| 功
| 倍
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄟˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbanngongbey
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pa̠n⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: si6 bun3 gung1 pui5
- Yale: sih bun gūng púih
- Cantonese Pinyin: si6 bun3 gung1 pui5
- Guangdong Romanization: xi6 bun3 gung1 pui5
- IPA (key): /siː²² puːn³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰuːi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-pòaⁿ-kong-pōe
- Tâi-lô: sū-puànn-kong-puē
- Phofsit Daibuun: suxpvoarkongpoe
- IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³ pue⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
事半功倍
- to yield twice the result with half the effort
Antonyms
- 事倍功半 (shìbèi-gōngbàn)
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