寸土寸金

Chinese

		a unit of length	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	a unit of length	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (寸土寸金)		寸	土	寸	金

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cùntǔcùnjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ tou² cyun³ gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cùntǔcùnjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenntuutsuennjin
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun³ tou² cyun³ gam¹
  - Yale: chyun tóu chyun gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ tou² tsyn³ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun³ tou² qun³ gem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn³³ tʰou̯³⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn³³ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

寸土寸金

every inch of land is an inch of gold; land is extremely expensive in an area

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