早聞道，夕死可矣

Chinese
early; morning
 
hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
 
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
 dusk; evening
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
 final particle
trad. (早聞道，夕死可矣) 早 聞 道 ， 夕 死 可 矣
simp. (早闻道，夕死可矣) 早 闻 道 ， 夕 死 可 矣

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zǎo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ, zǎo wén dào, xì sǐ kě yǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ, ㄒㄧ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ, ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): zou2 man4 dou6, zik6 sei2 ho2 ji5
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
      • Pinyin: zǎo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ [Phonetic: zǎowéndào,xīsíkéyǐ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ, ㄒㄧ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao wen daw, shi syy kee yyi
      • IPA (key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
      • Pinyin: zǎo wén dào, xì sǐ kě yǐ [Phonetic: zǎowéndào,xìsíkéyǐ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄙˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao wen daw, shih syy kee yyi
      • IPA (key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

早聞道，夕死可矣

  1. Alternative form of 朝聞道，夕死可矣／朝闻道，夕死可矣 (zhāo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ).
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