白手起家

Chinese

		with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing; from scratch	to build up; to grow and thrive; to make one's fortune, name, etc.
simp. and trad. (白手起家)		白手	起家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báishǒuqǐjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sau² hei² gaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: báishǒuqǐjiā [Phonetic: báishóuqǐjiā]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshoouchiijia
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ sau² hei² gaa¹
  - Yale: baahk sáu héi gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sau² hei² gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ seo² héi² ga¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³⁵ kɑː⁵⁵/

Idiom

白手起家

to go from rags to riches; to start an enterprise from scratch; to build up from nothing; to start from scratch

Synonyms

白手成家 (báishǒu chéngjiā)

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