船到橋頭自然直
See also: 船到桥头自然直
Chinese
a boat; vessel; ship to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrivebridgehead straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; uprighttrad. (船到橋頭自然直) 船 到 橋頭 自然 直 simp. (船到桥头自然直) 船 到 桥头 自然 直 Literally: “When the boat gets to the head of a bridge, it will naturally straighten itself out.”
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄓˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwan daw chyautour tzyhran jyr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐa̠n³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: syun4 dou3 kiu4 tau4 zi6 jin4 zik6
- Yale: syùhn dou kìuh tàuh jih yìhn jihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn4 dou3 kiu4 tau4 dzi6 jin4 dzik9
- Guangdong Romanization: xun4 dou3 kiu4 teo4 ji6 yin4 jig6
- IPA (key): /ɕyːn²¹ tou̯³³ kʰiːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː²² jiːn²¹ t͡sɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Proverb
船到橋頭自然直
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