水滴石穿

Chinese

		water; river	a drop; to drip	rock; stone; 10 pecks	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread
simp. and trad. (水滴石穿)		水	滴	石	穿
Literally: “dripping water wears through rock”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐdīshíchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧㄕˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² dik⁶ sek⁶ cyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐdīshíchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧㄕˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeidishychuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² dik⁶ sek⁶ cyun¹
  - Yale: séui dihk sehk chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dik⁹ sek⁹ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² dig⁶ ség⁶ qun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ tɪk̚² sɛːk̚² t͡ʃʰyːn⁵⁵/

Proverb

水滴石穿

little strokes fell great oaks

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