熟能生巧

Chinese

		familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
simp. and trad. (熟能生巧)		熟	能	生	巧

Etymology

From Flowers in the Mirror.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shúnéngshēngqiǎo, shóunéngshēngqiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄕㄥㄑㄧㄠˇ, ㄕㄡˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄕㄥㄑㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ nang⁴ sang¹ haau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shúnéngshēngqiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄕㄥㄑㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwunengshengcheau
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shóunéngshēngqiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄕㄥㄑㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shournengshengcheau
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk⁶ nang⁴ sang¹ haau²
  - Yale: suhk nàhng sāng háau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ nang⁴ sang¹ haau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ neng⁴ seng¹ hao²
  - IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² nɐŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ häːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

熟能生巧

practice makes perfect

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