事半功倍

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	(two, three, etc) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double (two, three, etc) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
simp. and trad. (事半功倍)		事	半	功	倍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìbàn-gōngbèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵
Min Nan (POJ): sū-pòaⁿ-kong-pōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìbàn-gōngbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄅㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbanngongbey
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbàngongbèi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² puːn³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰuːy̯¹³/
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/

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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