你做初一我做十五

Chinese

		you	to do; to make; to produce	first day of a lunar month; first year in junior middle school; seventh grade	I; me	to do; to make; to produce	fifteen; 15
simp. and trad. (你做初一我做十五)		你	做	初一	我	做	十五
Literally: “you do the first day of the month; I'll do the fifteenth”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǐ zuò chūyī, wǒ zuò shíwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄧ, ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ zou⁶ co¹ jat¹ ngo⁵ zou⁶ sap⁶ ng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nǐ zuò chūyī, wǒ zuò shíwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄧ, ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii tzuoh chui, wuuo tzuoh shywuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ i⁵⁵ u̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁵ zou⁶ co¹ jat¹ ngo⁵ zou⁶ sap⁶ ng⁵
  - Yale: néih jouh chō yāt ngóh jouh sahp ńgh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ dzou⁶ tso¹ jat⁷ ngo⁵ dzou⁶ sap⁹ ng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ zou⁶ co¹ yed¹ ngo⁵ zou⁶ seb⁶ ng⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³ t͡sou̯²² t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sou̯²² sɐp̚² ŋ̍¹³/

Idiom

你做初一我做十五

(chiefly Cantonese) an eye for an eye; tit for tat

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