聞雞起舞

See also: 闻鸡起舞

Chinese

	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	fowl; chicken
trad. (聞雞起舞)	聞	雞	起舞
simp. (闻鸡起舞)	闻	鸡	起舞
Literally: “to get up and do sword practice upon hearing the rooster’s crow”.

Etymology

Based on a story in Zu Ti (祖逖)'s biography in the Book of Jin [648 CE], in which Zu Ti would get up with the sound of the roosters in order to practice his martial arts.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénjīqǐwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄑㄧˇ ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ gai¹ hei² mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wénjīqǐwǔ [Phonetic: wénjīqíwǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄑㄧˇ ㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenjichiiwuu
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ gai¹ hei² mou⁵
  - Yale: màhn gāi héi móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ gai¹ hei² mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ gei¹ héi² mou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/

Idiom

聞雞起舞

to be a go-getter; to be a self-starter

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