白手成家

Chinese

		with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing; from scratch	to get married; to become an expert
simp. and trad. (白手成家)		白手	成家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báishǒu chéngjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sau² sing⁴ gaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: báishǒu chéngjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshoou cherngjia
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ sau² sing⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: baahk sáu sìhng gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sau² sing⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ seo² xing⁴ ga¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ kɑː⁵⁵/

Idiom

白手成家

to build up from nothing; to start from scratch

Synonyms

白手起家 (báishǒuqǐjiā)

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